Pope Francis will visit the French Mediterranean island of Corsica in December, days after skipping the reopening of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral which was ravaged by a fire in 2019, the Vatican said Saturday.

Pope Francis is set to visit the French island of Corsica next month to participate in a congress on religiosity in the Mediterranean region and celebrate Mass, the Vatican announced on Saturday. The island has never received a visit from a pope.

Notre Dame is days away from reopening, following a devastating fire five years ago, and National Geographic is giving us a rare look inside after the painstaking effort to restore it. Millions watched as the famous spire atop the cathedral came crashing down in 2019.