Pope Leo XIV on Sunday blasted the legalization of medically assisted death as immoral “false compassion,” as he doubled down on Catholic teaching about life during a visit Sunday to Lourdes, the French Catholic shrine associated with miraculous cures of the sick. On his third day in France, Leo ag»»»

LOURDES, France: Pope Leo reaffirmed his commitment to ending abuse of children by Catholic priests in a meeting with French abuse survivors on Sunday, ​the Vatican said, hours after the pontiff urged the Church to admit its own failings and heal its “deep wounds.” In a two-hour meeting with seven »»»

Pope Leo XIV met privately with seven survivors of clergy abuse and heard proposals for how to improve the Catholic Church’s safeguarding measures. (EPA Images pic) LOURDES: Pope Leo reaffirmed his commitment to ending abuse of children by Catholic priests in a meeting with French abuse survivors o»»»

LOURDES, France - Pope Leo reaffirmed his commitment to ending abuse of children by Catholic priests in a meeting with French abuse survivors on Sept 27, the Vatican said, hours after the pontiff and heal its “deep wounds.” In a two-hour meeting with seven survivors in France, where Leo is on a thr»»»

LOURDES, France — French survivors of clergy sexual abuse who met with Pope Leo XIV on Sunday praised the encounter, saying he listened to them, was informed of their cases, and said more work needed to be done to respond to the scandal. Five of the seven survivors who met with Leo held a press con»»»

Speaking in Lourdes on Sunday morning, the Pope addressed the issue of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, a closely watched aspect of his visit. Pope Leo XIV called on the Catholic Church to acknowledge its failings and confront sexual abuse as he celebrated an open-air Mass in Lourdes on Sun»»»