The Church said most cases of abuse in ... celebrate the 600th anniversary of the world’s oldest Catholic university, in Louvain. Belgium has a history of clerical abuse and cover up.

After Germany and France, where people's disaffection towards the Catholic Church has increased due to the disastrous ...

The Holy Father went on to call the late Catholic who chose to temporarily abdicate his throne rather than sign a law ...

The Catholic Church has been led for 2,000 years by men ... The pope's three-day Belgium visit has been dominated by the Church's dark legacy of child sexual abuse, and saw him meet on Friday ...

Parts of the Roman Catholic Church are still failing to ensure clerical ... It also comes after Francis’ trip to Belgium where he faced strong criticism for the church’s handling of abuse ...

Cameroon – During his recent trip to Belgium at the end of September, Pope Francis announced plans to start a beatification for the country’s late King Baudouin, a devout Catholic who once ...

Catholic Bishops are warning that compassion is “under threat” from assisted dying which they fear could lead to people ...

The detailed global report from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors was the first since the body was set ...

Pope Francis' Sept. 26-29 visit to Luxembourg and Belgium in Europe will force him to confront some of the Catholic Church's biggest challenges, including the clergy sexual abuse crisis and ...

During his recent visit to Belgium, the Pope faced an unprecedented ... would seek to remind us that the legend that the Catholic Church once had a female Pope still persists.

At the Oct. 22 media briefing in Rome, Ambongo said that while Pope Francis’ pronouncements conform to “the wish of the Church in Belgium,” the late Catholic king of Belgium has been ...