Pope Francis sought to encourage and reinvigorate the Catholic Church in Belgium, which has been disheartened by the abuse ...

Pope Francis’ burdensome trip through Belgium has reached new lows. Defiant Catholic university women called Saturday for a ...

Francis repeated his view that women are the ‘fertile’ nurturers of the church, inducing grimaces in his audience during a ...

Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minister urged him in ...

Pope Francis met for more than two hours on Friday with 17 survivors who are seeking compensation from the church for the ...

Pope Francis spoke in Brussels with victims of clergy sexual abuse who are demanding compensation from the Catholic Church.

The Archdiocese of Denver, in a statement, said it was “shocked and saddened by the news of expulsions,” which it attributed ...

On Saturday, Pope Francis acknowledged that the abuse scandal had created "atrocious suffering and wounds," and undermined ...

Pope Francis promised Saturday to “offer all the help we can” to aid victims of clergy sexual abuse heal after victims told ...

The Catholic Church's failures in responding to sexual abuse by clergy have been in focus again during Pope Francis' visit ...

Following are reactions by regional politicians and others to the killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an ...