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Pope Francis urged Catholic bishops to be more transparent and aggressive in combatting child sex abuse in the Church during ...

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 ...

Every crisis, including what the Catholic Church can experience when people no longer care about religion or have distanced ...

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

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

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE -- 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 ...

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

Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion ...

Pope Francis said on Sunday victims of Catholic clergy sexual abuse in Belgium deserved more financial compensation, calling ...

In a brief press conference on the plane returning from Belgium, Pope Francis answered questions including one on Israel’s ...

Yet the pope may actually have added more fuel to the fire at another point, when, referring to Belgium’s former King ...