Pope Francis’ one-day visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday, two days before his 88th birthday, puts a dual focus on the Mediterranean, highlighting local traditions of popular piety on the ...

Corsica, the largest Mediterranean island of France, is a particularly versatile vacation destination. In addition to high ...

The fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean after Sicily, Sardinia and Cyprus is a tourist magnet, with some 200 beaches. Also a hikers' paradise, it has 120 mountain peaks of more than 2,000 ...

AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) — Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of popular piety that ...

CORSICA, France — When I first heard the thrilling sound of Corsican singing on a French radio website, its unbridled emotion immediately captivated me. I felt compelled to know more about it. Nothing ...

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the Corsican Assembly in Ajaccio. (Photo by Pascal Pochard-Casabianca / POOL / AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday proposed to give a form of ...

Picturesque Corsica is one of Europe's best kept secrets which makes it more affordable and quieter than many Mediterranean islands THE snow-capped mountains sparkling against clear blue skies ...

France is prepared to consider some form of autonomy for Corsica, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said ahead of a visit to the island which has seen violent protests after an attack on a jailed ...

"The verdict is in," Corsica's olive growers federation SIDOC said in a statement. It said Xylella fastidiosa has been detected in the island's olive trees, adding that a lab in western France is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) — Pope Francis on the ...