Brussels — Belgium’s prime minister on Friday blasted Pope Francis for the Catholic Church’s horrific legacy of clerical sex ...

With many of the concrete, hot-button issues removed from the agenda and turned over to study groups, some people wonder what ...

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

Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 25, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) ...

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

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 ...

Sri Lankans elected left-wing politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their 10th president last Saturday. The election of 55 year old Dissanayake marked the end of the dynastic political culture that ...

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

A group from the Beigang Chaotian Temple in Taiwan has presented a gold statue of the Taoist sea goddess Mazu to Pope Francis at the Vatican, hoping the effigy will serve as a bridge between ...

Israel situation could diminish the presence of Eastern Catholic patriarchs from Lebanon at the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality ...

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 ...