On a brutal day for the frail and aging Pope Francis, the king of Belgium, its prime minister and the rector of the Catholic university that invited him here all ripped into the ...

The Canadian government is booking seats on commercial flights to help its citizens leave Lebanon, Canadian Minister of ...

An easy, effortless and comfortable "faith" that refuses to call things into question is dangerous, Pope Francis told ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the U.N. General Assembly has a choice to make between a blessing and a curse ...

Pope Francis said Friday that the Catholic Church must "seek forgiveness" for the "scourge" of child sexual abuse, during a ...

Pope Francis is set to meet with Belgian victims of clerical sex abuse on Friday as he embarks on a three-day visit to the ...

At the Catholic University of Leuven, Pope Francis heard pleas for women's ordination, welcome to LGBTQ people and a deeper ...

Animated by a spirit of service, mission and joy, the Catholic Church must be welcoming toward everyone, Pope Francis said.

The prime minister’s speech at the start of Pope Francis’ visit was one of the most pointed ever directed at the pope during a foreign trip and underscored just how raw the abuse scandal still is in ...

On a brief day stop in Luxembourg Thursday, Pope Francis appealed for peace and the integration of migrants as Europe ...

Speaking before approximately 300 dignitaries, the pope remarked that child abuse is “a scourge that the Church is tackling ...

I spoke this week to a friend in my hometown, Kenmare, in County Kerry, about a recently ordained priest assigned to the ...