AJACCIO, France — Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday (Dec 15) to guard against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions, speaking during a one-day visit to Corsica, the first by a pontiff to the French Mediterranean island.
Pope Francis, Ajaccio, Corsica, Dec 15, 2024.AJACCIO, France — Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday to guard against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions, speaking during a one-day visit to Corsica, the first by a pontiff to the French Mediterranean island.
Francis, making his third and probably last foreign trip of 2024, did not name any specific religious groups. Visiting places that often do not draw international attention is part of the pope's policy of highlighting people and problems in what he calls the "peripheries" of the world.
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