Pope Francis also doubled down on his traditional views on abortion and praised Catholic abuse victims for their conduct.

Pope Francis has doubled down on his traditional views on abortion and women during his in-flight news conference coming home ...

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Pope Francis demanded Sunday that sexually abusive clergy be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ...

Pope Francis implored bishops not to cover up the sexual abuse of children, during an open-air mass on Sept 29 capping a ...

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

The three-day “apostolic journey” of Pope Francis to Belgium has largely been an occasion for Belgian advocates to call on ...

Pope Francis concluded his visit to Belgium on a tense note this week, leaving a nation divided on how the Catholic Church is ...

A woman is more important than a man, but it is terrible when a woman wants to be a man: No, she is a woman,” the pope had ...

"Today, words alone do not suffice. We also need concrete steps," De Croo told Francis and an audience of royals, church ...

Pope Francis said Saturday the Catholic Church must learn from victims of child sexual abuse, as he was pressed on the issue ...

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. Francis was addressing ...