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

The Catholic Louvain University, the Francophone campus of Belgium’s storied Catholic university, issued a scathing statement ...

Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium's king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by ...

Pope Francis said Saturday the Catholic Church must learn from victims of child sexual abuse, as he was pressed on the issue ...

On Saturday, Pope Francis acknowledged that the abuse scandal had created "atrocious suffering and wounds," and undermined ...

The Catholic Church's failures in responding to sexual abuse by clergy have been in focus again during Pope Francis' visit ...

Pope Francis has promised to “offer all the help we can” to aid victims of clergy sexual abuse heal after victims told him ...

STORY: The Catholic Church's failures in responding to sexual abuse by clergy are in the spotlight again during Pope Francis' ...

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

During Pope Francis' visit to Belgium, the Catholic Church's inadequate response to clergy sexual abuse has been criticized.