Corsica stands out from the rest of secularized France as ... The pope celebrated Mass beneath a looming statue of Napoleon ...

Corsica, famed for mountainous terrain and as the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte, is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean. It is one of France's poorest regions and about 20% of the ...

AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) — Pope Francis on the first ... The pope celebrated Mass beneath a looming statue of Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor whose armies in 1808 annexed the papal states ...

Pope Francis, visiting Corsica for the first time ... where he received a brief official welcome at Ajaccio’s Napoleon Bonaparte airport. A guard of honor welcomed him, and the French and ...

AJACCIO, Corsica — Pope Francis on the first papal ... The pope celebrated Mass beneath a looming statue of Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor whose armies in 1808 annexed the papal states ...

AJACCIO, Corsica — During the first papal visit ... The pope celebrated Mass beneath a looming statue of Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor whose armies in 1808 annexed the papal states ...

AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) — Pope Francis on the first ... The pope celebrated Mass beneath a looming statue of Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor whose armies in 1808 annexed the papal states ...