Pope Francis said Saturday the Catholic Church must learn from victims of child sexual abuse, as he was pressed on the issue ...

Earlier on Friday, Belgium's prime minister blasted the pontiff for the Catholic Church's horrific legacy, demanding ...

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

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

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

In Belgium’s Laeken Castle, Pope Francis confronted the Catholic Church’s long-standing clerical-abuse crisis in the country, ...

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

Pope Francis met with church officials at the Koekelberg Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Brussels on Saturday, after meeting ...

To sum up, Pope Francis faces a steep mountain to climb in Belgium in persuading a fairly jaded public to give the Catholic Church another chance – or, at least, to stop seeing it as the enemy.

and the Belgian parliament has reopened investigations into past Church cover-ups. Originally intended to commemorate the 600th anniversary of Belgium's Catholic universities, the pope's four-day ...

VATICAN CITY — Fresh off a four-nation tour of Asia, where he saw record-setting crowds and vibrant church communities, Pope Francis travels to Belgium this week as the once-staunchly Catholic ...