Pope Francis smiles as he arrives for a meeting with university students at the French-speaking UCLouvain campus in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, Sept. 28, 2024.

For decades, unwed mothers in Italy were pressured to give up children born out of wedlock. Thousands were sent to America.

Pope Francis is pressing ahead with a four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium despite coming down with a mild flu, in a trip expected to highlight the needs of migrants and to feature a meeting ...

Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minster urged him in unusually frank terms to take concrete action on the issue, listen to ...

Before arriving in Belgium, Pope Francis also spent one day in Luxembourg Sept. 26, where he met with Catholics and with local leaders, including the Catholic Grand Duke Henri and his wife, Grand ...

Francis only defrocked him this year — 14 years later — in a move clearly seen as finally dealing with a problem before his arrival in Belgium. Pope Francis is cheered by faithful as he ...

Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop covering up for predator ...

Pope Francis attends the Hope Happening youth festival at the Brussels Expo, Belgium, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, on the third day of his four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium. (AP Photo/Andrew ...

Pope Francis asked for forgiveness in Belgium for the Catholic church's clergy abuse scandal and its poor response to it on Friday, but the country's prime minister called for faith's leadership ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Fresh off a four-nation tour of Asia, where he saw record-setting crowds and vibrant church communities, Pope Francis travels to Belgium this week as the once-staunchly ...

Pope Francis will visit Luxembourg and Belgium, two of Europe’s traditionally Catholic countries, from Sept. 26 to 29, where he is expected to speak about war and peace, the migrant crisis ...

Pope Francis’s impending outing to Belgium and Luxembourg, marking the 46th international trip of his papacy, in some ways is likely to be among the most daunting. Taking the Catholic Pulse.