Pope Francis urged people to “make children” as he made his first papal visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday.

The visit to Corsica’s capital Ajaccio, the birthplace of Napoleon, is one of the briefest of his papacy beyond Italy’s borders, just about nine hours on the ground, including a 40-minute visit with ...

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Tropical Cyclone Chido struck southeast Africa, killing 14 in France's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday and then hitting Mozambique on Sunday.

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Pope Francis landed in Corsica on Sunday for the first ever visit by a pontiff to the French Mediterranean island, AFP reporters saw.

The 87-year-old pontiff used his address at congress to call for 'a concept of secularity that is not static and fixed, but evolving and dynamic', and urged people to pray for the cylone-hit French ...

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