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Pope Francis urges priests to guard against groups that stoke divisions
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Pope Francis urges priests to guard against groups that stoke divisions

CNN  

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. At a conference on religion across the Mediterranean, the pontiff warned against varieties of spirituality that “seek self-aggrandizement by fueling polemics, narrow-mindedness, divisions and exclusivist …

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How Corsica, Napoleon’s birthplace, fell out of love with the dictator
1 year, 1 month ago

How Corsica, Napoleon’s birthplace, fell out of love with the dictator

The Independent  

Arriving late in Ajaccio, Corsica, at Aéroport Napoleon Bonaparte, I take a taxi to Hotel Napoleon. open image in gallery Napoleon’s name is found all over Corsica Napoleon left Corsica aged nine to attend military school in mainland France, his first steps towards a megalomania that saw him crown himself emperor in 1804 and conquer much of Europe. open image …

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Murderous ego maniac or all-conquering hero? The real Napoleon Bonaparte laid bare
1 year, 1 month ago

Murderous ego maniac or all-conquering hero? The real Napoleon Bonaparte laid bare

The Independent  

All nations have figures and episodes in their pasts about which they are divided. Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Joaquin Phoenix as the big man – or, rather, not-so-big man if stories of Napoleon’s diminutive height are to be believed – and Vanessa Kirby as his empress Josephine, the film explores the couple’s relationship amid the tumultuous backdrop of …

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How accurate IS Ridley Scott's Napoleon? From Marie Antoinette's hair to shooting the Pyramids with a cannon - experts reveal film's made-up scenes after it riled French critics
1 year, 1 month ago

How accurate IS Ridley Scott's Napoleon? From Marie Antoinette's hair to shooting the Pyramids with a cannon - experts reveal film's made-up scenes after it riled French critics

Daily Mail  

With its general release still a week away, Ridley Scott's new Napoleon biopic has already managed to ruffle some critics' feathers. Reviewers in the French media branded it 'deeply clumsy' and 'boring' and described Joaquin Phoenix's Napoleon as a 'petulant man-child' Antoinette's hair was cropped when she was executed and she wasn't wearing a black dress The film's trailer shows …

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