Pope Francis was challenged by Belgian students Saturday about women's place in the Catholic Church, after paying tribute to ...

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As part of his trip to Belgium, Pope Francis made a surprise visit to Saint Gilles where he met with homeless and ...

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

In the presence of the late king's nephew, the current King Philippe, and others, the pope praised King Baudouin's courage to ...

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

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

The king of Belgium and its prime minister ripped into the institution Pope Francis heads for covering up abuse and for the Catholic Church's views on women and the LGBTQ+ community.

The students questioned why the Catholic church has so few women in top positions and why their intellectual contribution had ...

During his visit to Belgium, Pope Francis faced significant criticism from the Catholic University of Louvain for his stance ...

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

The Catholic Louvain University, the Francophone campus of Belgium’s storied Catholic university, issued a scathing statement ...