As the pope himself noted, there is always the danger of reducing popular piety to external rituals and superstition ...

Often specific to the places where they are practiced, popular piety in Corsica includes the cult of the Virgin Mary, known locally as the "Madunnuccia," which protected the island from the plague ...

highlighting local traditions of popular piety on the one hand and migrant deaths and wars on the other. A brass band and children in traditional garb greeted Francis at the airport, and thousands ...

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 ...

Often specific to the places where they are practiced, popular piety in Corsica includes the cult of the Virgin Mary, known locally as the “Madunnuccia,” which protected the island from the ...

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 ...