PARIS (AP) – A prominent Corsican shopkeeper was killed by a masked gunman on one of the French island’s busiest streets. Nearby, a defense lawyer was shot by two men on a motorcycle as he stopped for ...

Corsica is shaken by the shooting, which brings into stark relief one of the highest murder rates in France.

Pope Francis greets people lining the streets of Ajaccio, France, during his one-day visit to the island of Corsica Dec. 15, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Pope Francis, visiting Corsica for the ...

Calvi’s famous fort backs onto miles and miles of Corsica’s unmistakeable sawtooth ridges - Westend61 Phoenician Greeks arrived in Corsica the 6th century BC and named the island “Kallistè”, meaning ...

Pope Francis urged people to “make children” as he made his first papal visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday. Francis also called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of ...