The Catholic Church has been led for 2,000 years by men ... Child abuse 'shame' - The pope's three-day Belgium visit has been dominated by the Church's dark legacy of child sexual abuse, and ...

The Church said most cases of abuse in ... celebrate the 600th anniversary of the world’s oldest Catholic university, in Louvain. Belgium has a history of clerical abuse and cover up.

After Germany and France, where people's disaffection towards the Catholic Church has increased due to the disastrous ...

De Croo then talked of the damage that had been done by the hundreds of sexual abuse cases associated with the Catholic Church in Belgium. “We cannot ignore the painful wounds that exist within ...

The Holy Father went on to call the late Catholic who chose to temporarily abdicate his throne rather than sign a law ...

Most of the births were in Belgium, but 3,000 to 4,000 pregnant ... where he also reaffirmed that the Catholic Church must "seek forgiveness" for the scourge of child sexual abuse.

Parts of the Roman Catholic Church are still failing to ensure clerical ... It also comes after Francis’ trip to Belgium where he faced strong criticism for the church’s handling of abuse ...

Pope Francis' Sept. 26-29 visit to Luxembourg and Belgium in Europe will force him to confront some of the Catholic Church's biggest challenges, including the clergy sexual abuse crisis and ...

At the Oct. 22 media briefing in Rome, Ambongo said that while Pope Francis’ pronouncements conform to “the wish of the Church in Belgium,” the late Catholic king of Belgium has been ...