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Pope in Belgium calls for peace, condemns abuse, forced adoptions
After his arrival to Belgium Thursday, Pope Francis told civil authorities the next day to make peacemaking a priority and ...
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In Belgium, Pope Francis says ‘Church should be ashamed’ of clerical abuse
Speaking before approximately 300 dignitaries, the pope remarked that child abuse is “a scourge that the Church is tackling ...
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Pope Francis says ‘the church should be ashamed of itself’ for the sex abuse crisis in hard-hit Belgium
The prime minister’s speech at the start of Pope Francis’ visit was one of the most pointed ever directed at the pope during a foreign trip and underscored just how raw the abuse scandal still is in ...
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Cardinal says Pope Francis a ‘pilgrim of hope’ for a Europe facing a ‘demographic winter’
As Pope Francis begins his trip to Luxembourg and Belgium, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin says Europe is ...
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Seine-Nord Europe canal project aims to boost trade, cut CO2 emissions
The construction of the Seine-Nord Europe Canal has begun, a project aimed at improving transport between France, Belgium, ...
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Pope Francis heads to Belgium to meet migrants, victims of abuse
Europe has been facing unprecedented migration levels over the past decade. The European Council on Refugees and Exiles, an NGO, said in May that Belgium is undergoing a "severe reception crisis ...
Belgium calls for EU ban on Russian gas as imports rise
Belgium, one of Europe’s biggest importers of liquefied natural gas from Russia, has urged the EU to ban the Russian fuel, ...
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Vatican Secretary of State Warns of Europe’s Low Birth Rates, ‘Demographic Winter’
After events in Luxembourg today, the Pope’s four-day trip will continue in Belgium, where he will visit three cities to mark ...