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Pope to visit Belgium, Luxembourg in September
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoPope Francis, 87, will visit Belgium and Luxembourg in September, less than two weeks after returning from a 12-day trip to Asia, the Vatican announced...
Pope trip to Luxembourg, Belgium confirmed for September, 2 weeks after challenging Asia visit
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoPope Francis has added a stop in Luxembourg to a trip to Belgium in September, a three-day visit...
A Belgian bishop says the Vatican has for years snubbed pleas to defrock a pedophile ex-colleague
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA prominent Belgian bishop on Wednesday criticized the Vatican for failing to defrock a former...
Belgian bishop defrocked 14 years after admitting to abusing nephew
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he...
Belgian former bishop who sexually abused nephews removed from priesthood, years after confessing
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Vatican said Thursday that Bishop Roger Vangheluwe, 87, had been “dismissed from the clerical...
Who is the Rev. James Beckman? 5 things to know about Knoxville's new bishop
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThe Catholic Diocese of Knoxville has a new bishop. Pope Francis appointed to the job the Rev. James...
Defying Vatican, Flemish bishops allow blessing same-sex unions
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Flemish Roman Catholic bishops on Tuesday issued a document effectively...
In Europe's empty churches, prayer and confessions make way for drinking and dancing
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe confessionals where generations of Belgians admitted their sins stood stacked in a corner of...
Belgian bishop declines cardinal honor over abuse record
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne of Pope Francis’ proposed new cardinals, the retired bishop of Ghent, Belgium, has bowed out of accepting the honor over his insufficient response to cases of clergy sexual abuse, the Belgian ...
Tennessee native will be the new bishop for Diocese of Knoxville
Gannett via AOL· 4 weeks agoThe Catholic Diocese of Knoxville has a new bishop. Pope Francis has appointed the Rev. James Mark...
