Pope Francis promised Saturday to "offer all the help we can" to aid clergy sexual abuse victims ... in 1990 to allow the government to pass the law, which he was required to sign, before he ...

On Friday, Belgium's prime minister delivered an unusually sharp criticism of Pope Francis, demanding accountability for the Catholic Church's cover-up of clerical sex abuse. Prime Minister ...

Speaking to a crowd of around 39,000 in the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, the pontiff wrapped up a difficult visit to ...

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

On Friday evening, Pope Francis had a two hour meeting at the nunciature with 17 victims of sexual abuse by clergy in Belgium ... noting that “it’s the civil law.” He noted that in Belgium ...

Pope Francis implored bishops not to cover up the sexual abuse of children ... Belgian monarch King Baudouin's bravery for opposing a law in favour of abortion in 1990. "The king was courageous ...

Pope Francis during ... rather than sign a law legalizing abortion in 1990. He also spent over two hours in private conversations with 17 victims of clerical sexual abuse on the evening of 27 ...

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How Belgian judicial and law enforcement authorities bungled a massive 2010 criminal investigation into the church’s sex crimes ... Belgium’s abuse record. “Clearly the pope is aware ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Pope Francis promised Saturday to “offer all the help we can” to aid clergy sexual abuse victims ... allow the government to pass the law, which he was required to sign ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled ... given the country’s history of clerical sexual abuse and overall secularizing trends which have emptied its majestic ...