Pope Francis sought to encourage and reinvigorate the Catholic Church in Belgium, which has been disheartened by the abuse ...

Pope Francis’ burdensome trip through Belgium has reached new lows. Defiant Catholic university women called Saturday for a ...

Francis repeated his view that women are the ‘fertile’ nurturers of the church, inducing grimaces in his audience during a ...

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

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

Pope Francis met for more than two hours on Friday with 17 survivors who are seeking compensation from the church for the ...

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 ...

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

As Pope Francis' visit to Belgium continues, survivors are pushing for more than words from the Catholic Church's leader.