The speech by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo was one of the most pointed ever directed at the pope during a foreign trips, ...

Pope Francis addressed the Belgian victims of clerical sexual abuse again on Saturday, offering words of contrition in a ...

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

On a brutal day for the frail and aging Pope Francis, the king of Belgium, its prime minister and the rector of the Catholic ...

Belgium’s prime minister has 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, declaring unequivocally that “the Church should be ashamed ...

The Catholic Church has an all-male clergy ... over surging house prices and rents 5:58 PM UTC Europecategory Pope Francis urged by Belgian abuse survivors to improve compensation 3:34 PM UTC ...

Pope Francis has elevated the Apostolic Administration ... who died in prison. The Catholic Church survived, but with great suffering for more than 40 years.” Estonia, known as “Maarjamaa ...

the rector of Leuven Catholic University, the 600th anniversary of which was the official reason for Francis’ trip to Belgium, told the pope that the abuse scandals had so weakened the church ...

Belgium's prime minister and king delivered blunt criticism of the Catholic Church's record of clerical sexual abuse and cover-ups in the country during a welcome speech to Pope Francis ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s prime minister blasted Pope Francis for the Catholic Church’s horrific legacy of clerical sex abuse and cover-ups here, demanding “concrete steps” to come clean ...

BRUSSELS – Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium’s king and premier on Sept 27 for more concrete actions to address sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy, an issue that is once more in the ...