Using disproportionate force after being attacked is immoral, Pope Francis said. There are rules, even in war, that should be ...

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

Prime Minister Alexander De Croo's speech was one of the most pointed ever directed at the pope during a foreign trip.

Pope Francis addressed the Belgian victims of clerical sexual abuse again on Saturday, offering words of contrition in a ...

Pope Francis was sharply criticised on Saturday by one of Belgium's Catholic universities over his stance on the role of ...

Pope Francis has wrapped up a weekend trip to Belgium by praising victims and demanding that sexually abusive clergy be ...

Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium's king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by ...

A snippet from some impromptu remarks caused a stir, but the pope’s point was that all religions are ways of communicating ...

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

BRUSSELS — Belgium’s prime minister on Friday blasted Pope Francis to his face for the Catholic Church’s horrific legacy of ...

Belgium’s prime minister blasted Pope Francis for the Catholic Church’s horrific legacy of clerical sex abuse and cover-ups, ...

On a brutal day for the frail and aging Pope Francis, the king of Belgium, its prime minister and the rector of the Catholic ...