BRUSSELS (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday with a Mass to beatify a 17th-century mystic, after dashing the hopes of one of Europe’s most storied Catholic ...

BRUSSELS — Pope Francis demanded Sunday that sexually abusive clergy be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ended a troubled visit to Belgium by responding to the outrage over ...

Pope Francis used his only Mass in Belgium to praise the courage of survivors of abuse at the hands of priests in improvised remarks to a crowd of some 30,000 people at Brussels' King Baudouin stadium ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop ...

Preparation for visit by Pope Francis at King Baudouin Stadium by Archbishop Luc Terlinden (Credit: Patrick du Bois/Katholiek Nieuwsblad.) Listen ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands – Countless volunteers ...

In total, Pope Francis is planning to visit six countries in the month of September after nearly a year of no international travel. Queen Mathilde of Belgium meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican’s ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Francis used his only Mass in Belgium to publicly demand that priests who abuse young people be punished, and that the church hierarchy stop covering up their crimes. He ...