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

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

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

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 ...

An unholy argument over a hymn has struck a discordant note in the preparations for the main event of Pope Francis' trip to ...

Pope Francis has taken the unusual decision to expel 10 people from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican ...