CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week ...

Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium's king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, an issue once more in the spotlight as he visits.

Pope Francis attends the Hope Happening youth festival at the Brussels Expo, Belgium, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, on the third day of his four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium. (AP Photo/Andrew ...

Only days after he returned triumphant from a tour in the Asia-Pacific region where adoring crowds walked the jungle for days to see him, Pope Francis visited the European faithful in Belgium. The ...

Pope Francis is pressing ahead with a four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium despite coming down with a mild flu, in a trip expected to highlight the needs of migrants and to feature a meeting ...

Pope Francis met personally with 17 victims of clerical abuse in Belgium for more than two hours on Friday night at the apostolic nunciature in Brussels where he listened to their stories and ...

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis is pressing ahead with a four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium despite coming down with a mild flu, in a trip expected to highlight the needs of migrants ...

Pope Francis used his only Mass in Belgium to praise the courage of survivors of abuse at the hands of priests in improvised remarks to a crowd of some 30,000 people at Brussels' King Baudouin ...

Pope Francis on Friday met with 15 people who were sexually abused by members of the clergy in Belgium, a largely Roman Catholic country where the church has been plagued by a history of scandal ...

Pope Francis smiles as he arrives for a meeting with university students at the French-speaking UCLouvain campus in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, Sept. 28, 2024.

Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday in St. Peter's Square, Roman Catholic cardinals decided on Tuesday, setting the stage for a solemn ceremony that will draw leaders from around the world.