Sentence examples for croix for from inspiring English sources

Other new sporting options include a kayaking trip on St. Croix for people who shun the sun and don't mind missing some of the views.

Pope Francis sat down with "La Croix" for an interview of over an hour at the Vatican, at the Santa Marta residence, on Monday, May 9. A number of themes were discussed, including: the Christian roots of Europe, migration, Islam, secularism, his idea of France and the pedophilia scandals.

At night I file into the 17th-century Church of Ste.-Croix for a performance by Voce Ventu, one of the many groups around Corsica that is resurrecting the island's Old World polyphonic singing style.

So under pressure from the national government, veterans and Jewish groups, the council voted unanimously to drop the name Pétain from a little street about 600 feet long, renaming it Rue de la Belle-Croix, for a chapel that stands in a wood at its foot.

This "air bridge" enabled the garrison to survive, and fourteen days later on April 27 it was still intact; the French High Command dropped a Legion of Honor for Teullier and several Croix de Guerres for his men.

Or, instead of being awarded the Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur for his work on the germ theory of disease, Louis Pasteur was imprisoned like Napoleon on Elba?

He would win the Croix de Guerre for his efforts and continue to write for l'Auto throughout the war.

Awarded the Croix de Guerre for operating behind enemy lines in France; Bronze Star for heroism in China.

Another Cagoulard, François Duclos, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for his heroism in the Resistance.

He was awarded the Croix de Guerre for heroism in Vietnam.

He was later awarded the Croix de Guerre for bravery in action.