Sept. 27 (UPI) --Pope Francis asked for forgiveness in Belgium for the Catholic church's clergy abuse scandal and its poor ...

De Croo then talked of the damage that had been done by the hundreds of sexual abuse cases associated with the Catholic Church in Belgium. “We cannot ignore the painful wounds that exist within ...

But Bruni acknowledged in a rare preview that Francis will certainly raise Belgium’s abuse record. “Clearly the pope is aware of the difficulty, and that for years there has been suffering in ...

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 ...

Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten called Ilham Aliyev’s remarks “inappropriate,” given his role hosting the annual climate summit.

Thousands of Catholics in Belgium have demanded to be “debaptised” amid fury over the long history of clerical sex abuse and cover-ups in the church. Between July 1 2023 and June 30 this year ...

Pope Francis is expected to meet Belgian victims of clerical sex abuse on Friday as he embarks ... The 87-year-old pontiff arrived in Belgium Thursday evening after spending the day in ...

Revelations of Belgium's horrific abuse scandal have dribbled out in bits over a quarter-century, punctuated by the bombshell year in 2010, when the country's longest-serving bishop, Bruges Bishop ...

Belgian Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten called Ilham Aliyev’s remarks ‘inappropriate,’ given his role hosting the ...

But Bruni acknowledged in a rare preview that Francis will certainly raise Belgium’s abuse record. “Clearly the pope is aware of the difficulty, and that for years there has been suffering in ...