Pope Francis is in Belgium after revelations of abuse and cover-ups have damaged the Vatican's credibility. Both Prime ...

Pope Francis on Sept. 27 kicked-off a three-day trip to Belgium by asking forgiveness for the church's shameful record on clergy abuse, but was met with a challenge by the country's prime minister ...

Belgium PM blasts Pope Francis in welcome speech for church sex abuse and cover-up, demanding church put victims first.

The statement from the Holy See press office described Francis as having a “flu-like state.” Through much of last autumn and ...

Pope Francis urged the Catholic Church to prevent future incidents, calling it a 'disgrace' comparable to Herod's massacre ...

Belgium's prime minister has blasted Pope Francis for the Catholic Church's horrific legacy of clerical sex abuse and ...

In a speech before political and civil society leaders Francis denounced the "tragic instances of child abuse" as a stain on ...

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

During a trip to Luxembourg and Belgium, Francis will spend an hour meeting with 15 people who were abused by Roman Catholic ...

After his arrival to Belgium Thursday, Pope Francis told civil authorities the next day to make peacemaking a priority and ...

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