During a trip to Luxembourg and Belgium, Francis will talk to 15 people who were abused by Roman Catholic clergy.

For four days, Pope Francis will meet with Belgium and its Catholic Church, which has had to rethink its role in a society ...

It’s a good bet that Friday in Belgium didn’t do a lot to perk the pontiff up either, as it was one of the tougher days he’s ...

A Sept. 27 Vatican statement said the meeting lasted for over two hours, and allowed victims to “bring to the pope their own ...

On his first full day in Belgium on Sept. 27, Pope Francis celebrated a morning Mass in private before making his way to the ...

Belgium's authorities rather directly called on Francis to “hear the cry” of the victims of pedocriminality, as well as of ...

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

Prime Minister Alexander De Croo's speech was one of the most pointed ever directed at the pope during a foreign trip.

Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minster urged him in ...

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

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Pope Francis is visiting three cities in Belgium to mark the 600th anniversary of the Catholic universities of Leuven and ...