Belgian PM and king blast Pope Francis for church’s sex abuse cover-up legacy in blistering welcome
"Today, words alone do not suffice. We also need concrete steps," De Croo told Francis and an audience of royals, church officials, diplomats and politicians at Laeken Castle, the residence of Belgium's royal family.
Pope vows to root out ‘scourge’ of sexual abuse after unusually frank plea from Belgian PM
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 victims and end cover-ups.
Calling on the world's bishops not to cover up any instance or form of abuse, Pope Francis said the evil of abuse must be ...
Pope Francis urged Catholic bishops to be more transparent and aggressive in combatting child sex abuse in the Church during ...
On Sunday Pope Francis closed his visit to Belgium with the beatification of Spanish nun and missionary Anne of Jesus, ...
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The Catholic Louvain University, the Francophone campus of Belgium’s storied Catholic university, issued a scathing statement ...
Pope Francis’ call for the release of Myanmar’s jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and his offer of the Vatican as a ...
Pope Francis on Friday met with students at a Catholic university in Brussels, stressing the importance of climate action and ...
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