Pope Francis demands that priestly sexual abusers be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes. He ended a ...

Pope Francis presided over an open-air mass in Brussels on Sunday, capping a three-day visit to Belgium that grappled with past scandals and current debates over the role of women in the Catholic ...

The pope also had a number of off-program appointments during the visit — he surprised elderly at a care home, crashed a ...

A Catholic university took the rare step of criticizing Pope Francis, saying that he called women “a fertile welcome, care, vital devotion.” ...

Three years after being approved by the U.S. Catholic bishops, updates to the ritual texts for distribution of holy Communion ...

No to war!” has become a rallying cry among Lebanon’s Christians, who have maintained this stance since clashes began to ...

Pope Francis, during his visit to Belgium, demanded accountability for sexually abusive clergy and urged bishops to stop ...

Pope Francis on Sunday wrapped up a weekend trip to Belgium, where he faced some of the strongest criticism yet levied during ...

Pope Francis implored bishops not to cover up the sexual abuse of children, during an open-air mass on Sunday capping a three ...

The Christian heroism of five French-born priests who gave their lives ministering to the sick during the devastating Yellow ...

Belgium has had a wretched legacy of abuse and cover-up, none more symbolic of the church's hypocrisy than the case of Bruges ...

Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday with a Mass to beatify a 17th century mystic, after dashing the ...