BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium's king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, an issue once more in the ...

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo raised a “red flag” about the pope’s announcement in Belgium about opening the beatification cause ...

Earlier the pope visited the tomb of Belgium's King Baudouin who in 1990 famously refused to sign a law lifting penalties against abortion, citing personal convictions. Francis described the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday began his trip to ... on European soil — during his visits to Luxembourg and Belgium, where he arrives later Thursday and stays through the weekend.

It’s the first time that Pope Francis has openly urged for an investigation of genocide allegations over Israel’s actions in ...

During his homily and Angelus address, the Holy Father repeated his plea for Catholics to show their closeness to the poor ...

The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view ...

In a letter released by the Vatican, the pope designated Nov. 9 as a day to honor these figures of holiness, beginning with ...