The focus of Pope Francis' visit to Belgium was to help celebrate a Catholic research university's 600th anniversary ...

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

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 ...

In a speech before political and civil society leaders Francis denounced the "tragic instances of child abuse" as a stain on ...

After his arrival to Belgium Thursday, Pope Francis told civil authorities the next day to make peacemaking a priority and ...