Pope Francis smiles as he arrives for a meeting with university students at the French-speaking UCLouvain campus in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, Sept. 28, 2024.

Pope Francis asked for forgiveness in Belgium for the Catholic church's clergy abuse scandal and its poor response to it on Friday, but the country's prime minister called for faith's leadership ...

Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minster urged him in unusually frank terms to take concrete action on the issue, listen to ...

Pope Francis on Friday met with 15 people who were sexually abused by members of the clergy in Belgium, a largely Roman Catholic country where the church has been plagued by a history of scandal ...

Pope Francis delivers his message during a meeting with the authorities and the civil society in the Grande Galerie of the Castle of Laeken, Brussels, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.

Before arriving in Belgium, Pope Francis also spent one day in Luxembourg Sept. 26, where he met with Catholics and with local leaders, including the Catholic Grand Duke Henri and his wife, Grand ...

FILE — Pope Francis, left, greets Belgium's King Philippe, center, and Belgium's Queen Mathilde, at the end of a private audience at the Vatican, Monday, March 9, 2015.

Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop covering up for predator ...

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium's king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, an issue once more in the spotlight as he visits.

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...