CNN —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.
The pope decided not to go, and the two will instead meet briefly at Ajaccio’s airport on Sunday before Francis heads back to Rome.
Pope Francis is welcomed at the Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport during his apostolic journey in Ajaccio, Corsica, Sunday.
There are 83 priests on the island and some 30 Catholic nuns, it says.
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