Pope Francis and Archbishop of Luxembourg, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, right, tour Place de Metz in Luxembourg on the ...

Pope Francis is expected to speak about war and peace, the migrant crisis, ecology, secularization and the sexual abuse of ...

That’s no small feat for a pope who turns 88 in December ... with the Vatican’s relations with China ever-present in the background in a region where Beijing wields enormous influence.

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Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minster urged him in ...

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Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday with a Mass to beatify a 17th-century mystic, after dashing ...

The Belgian Church is experiencing significant problems due to paedophilia scandals. One of the latest reports revealed the ...

LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Pope Francis called for Europe to be a beacon of peace in war and a welcome home for migrants and refugees as he arrived in the heart of the continent on Thursday to encourage ...

Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday with a Mass to beatify a 17th-century mystic, after dashing the hopes of one of Europe’s most storied Catholic universities by doubling ...

Pope Francis is still widely popular in several Latin American countries. But the portion of people who still see him favorably in his native Argentina has plunged by almost 30 percentage points in a ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Belgium’s prime minister has blasted Pope Francis for the Catholic Church’s horrific legacy of clerical ...