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 ...

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 ...

On the UN Day for preventing child sexual exploitation, exclusive data shows the scale of parents’ concerns over explicit ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...