Pope Francis, Europe
Pope travels to the heart of Europe to appeal for peace and to boost his dwindling flock
Pope Francis is urging Europe to be beacon of peace amid war and a welcome home for migrants. He made the appeal as he arrived Thursday in Luxembourg to encourage the dwindling Catholic flocks in onetime bastions of Christianity.
Pope Francis heads for Luxembourg and Belgium on a trip to a dwindling flock
Pope Francis is traveling to once-strong bastions of Christianity in the heart of Europe to try to reinvigorate a Catholic flock that is dwindling in the face of secular trends and abuse scandals
Pope Francis urges Europe to be beacon of peace amid wars as well as welcome home for migrants
Pope Francis called Thursday for Europe to be a beacon of peace amid war and a welcome home for migrants as he arrived Thursday in the heart of the continent to encourage the dwindling Catholic flocks in onetime bastions of Christianity.
Pope Francis begins tour through heart of Europe to promote peace and boost his dwindling flock
With church attendance in decline and child abuse scandals still live, the pontiff has arrived in Luxembourg to try and raise morale.
Cardinal says Pope Francis a ‘pilgrim of hope’ for a Europe facing a ‘demographic winter’
As Pope Francis begins his trip to Luxembourg and Belgium, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin says Europe is “increasing the risk of falling back into the tragic errors of those times.”
Two tales from one city show the challenges Pope Francis faces to retain his flock in Europe
Pope Francis will be visiting Belgium on a trip starting Thursday, facing a flock ravaged by countless scandals of priest sexual abuse and dwindling in the face of modernity, where women and gays insi
Pope Francis arrives in Luxembourg on a trip to heart of Europe to boost a dwindling flock
Pope Francis is traveling to once-strong bastions of Christianity in the heart of Europe to try to reinvigorate a Catholic flock that is dwindling in the face of secular trends
Pope Francis makes hope-inspired trip to 'heart of Europe' amid abuse scandal
While in Belgium, Pope Francis will have to face a backlash against local church authorities amid child abuse scandals. The Vatican hopes the visit will also help the EU "rediscover its roots".
Pope Francis begins visits to Luxembourg and Belgium on a trip to a dwindling flock
Pope Francis is traveling to once-strong bastions of Christianity in the heart of Europe to try to reinvigorate a Catholic flock that is dwindling in the face of secular trends and abuse scandals that have largely emptied the continent’s magnificent cathedrals and village churches.
Pope Francis begins trip to 'the heart of Europe'
Pope Francis is to pay a rare visit to Luxembourg before heading to Brussels on Thursday, a trip to "the heart of Europe" he will use to discuss the continent's
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Pope Francis arrives in Luxembourg on a trip to the heart of Europe to boost a dwindling flock
Pope Francis is traveling to once-strong bastions of Christianity in the heart of Europe to try to reinvigorate a Catholic ...
Pope Francis, pressed by Belgium on sexual abuse, says Church acting 'decisively'
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Pope Francis urges professors to ‘seek the truth’ in visit to 600-year-old Belgian university
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Pope Francis calls for wealthy nations to support ‘most vulnerable’
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Pope gets an earful from Belgian king and others over abuse and failure to respond to women and gays
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