Belgium’s prime minister blasted Pope Francis for the Catholic Church’s horrific legacy of clerical sex abuse and cover-ups ...

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

The excitement is mounting in Paris ahead of the Dec. 8 reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral with only a few cranes remaining on ...

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

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

A new survey of Catholics in the United States and across six Latin American countries found that majorities want the church to allow for the use of birth control and letting women become priests. The ...

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

Among the parade of priests and nuns who stroll in and around Vatican City, there is a special breed of journalist who is tasked with explaining the pope and the Roman curia to the world. These people ...

Following an investigation into an influential Peru-based Catholic movement that has expanded across Latin America and the ...

While in Belgium, Pope Francis will have to face a backlash against local church authorities amid child abuse scandals. The ...

Pope Francis is expected to meet Belgian victims of clerical sex abuse on Friday as he embarks on a three-day visit to the ...

Little brings more heavenly bliss to the faithful or otherworldly wonder to casual visitors than ethereal hymns cascading ...