Pope Leo XIV spent close to three hours listening to and praying with 15 Belgians who had survived clerical sexual abuse as children.

The appalling revelations of clerical sexual abuse in Belgium over the past 30 years include the case of a former bishop who abused two of his nephews. The length of Leo’s meeting with survivors – ...

Pope Leo XIV met on Saturday with a group of people who were sexually abused by members of the clergy in Belgium. Many of the survivors had previously met with the late Pope Francis during his 2024 ...

Sept. 26 marks one year since Pope Francis’ apostolic visit to Belgium to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the Catholic universities of Leuven and Leuven-la-Neuve, an event that involved a ...

The pontiff begins a trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday, the first of his papacy — and his biggest test yet.