Pope ends troubled Belgium visit by doubling ... - Associated Press News
WEB2 days ago · Updated 3:20 AM PDT, September 29, 2024. BRUSSELS (AP) — Pope Francis demanded Sunday that sexually abusive clergy be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ended a troubled visit to Belgium by responding to the outrage over the scandal here that has devastated the church’s credibility. “Evil …
Pope vows to root out ‘scourge’ of sexual abuse after ... - CNN
WEB4 days ago · 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 on the issue, listen to ...
Belgian Catholic university denounces visiting pope's views on …
WEB3 days ago · Pope Francis is greeted by Mia De Schamphelaere, coordinator of point of contact for victims of abuse, during a meeting with bishops, deacons, and religious people in Koekelberg Basilica of the Sacred Heart, in Koekelberg, Belgium, Saturday Sept. 28, …
Pope Francis promises to help abuse victims after hearing of their ...
WEB2 days ago · September 28, 2024 / 11:15 AM EDT / AP. Pope Francis promised Saturday to "offer all the help we can" to aid clergy sexual abuse victims, after a group of Belgian survivors told him first-hand of ...
Pope Francis, in Belgium, pressed on sexual abuse, women priests
WEB4 days ago · BRUSSELS, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium's king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, an issue once more in the ...
Pope Francis says Belgian clergy abuse victims deserve more ...
WEB1 day ago · Pope Francis said on Sunday victims of Catholic clergy sexual abuse in Belgium deserved more financial compensation, calling the amounts allocated to them so far "too small".
‘Condemn the abusers’: Pope demands judgment for pedophile …
WEB1 day ago · The bishop was only defrocked by Francis earlier this year in an apparent effort to draw a line under the saga. On Sunday, the pope also made reference to his two-hour Friday meeting with 17 victims of abuse, many of whom had sought reparations after their experience at the hands of priests left them psychologically scarred and destitute.
Belgian PM blasts Pope Francis for the church's sex abuse cover …
WEB4 days ago · Pope gets an earful from Belgian king and abuse victims over scandals and failures to respond. 1 of 31 |. Belgium’s prime minister has blasted Pope Francis for the Catholic Church’s horrific legacy of clerical sex abuse and cover-ups.
Pope Francis Is Met With Anger Over Sexual Abuse on Visit to …
WEB4 days ago · Sept. 27, 2024 Updated 5:40 a.m. ET. Pope Francis was due to meet on Friday with 15 people who were sexually abused by members of the clergy in Belgium, a largely Roman Catholic country where the ...
Pope condemns 'shameful' abuse in address to Belgian ... - Vatican News
WEB4 days ago · Pope condemns 'shameful' abuse in address to Belgian authorities. Pope Francis says the Church must face the “shame” of child sexual abuse, which he described once again as a “scourge”, with Christian humility and make every effort to ensure it never happens again. By Christopher Wells. The sexual abuse of children is “our shame and ...