Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, OFM Cap, the local ordinary the Archdiocese of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and ...

Mobutu Sese Seko and King Baudouin of Belgium at the Brussels airport. (Credit: Belga Archives.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – During his recent trip to Belgium at the end of September, Pope Francis ...

The Pope spent a moment in silent prayer before the tomb of King Baudouin before lauding his witness to the protection of life. On Sept. 28, Pope Francis prays at the tomb of King Baudouin, who chose ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop covering ...

Baudouin’s grandfather, mountain-climbing King Albert, became Europe’s best-loved monarch (in October 1918, in trench coat and battered helmet, Albert surprised the stout burghers of Ostend as the ...

BRUSSELS (AP) - Queen Fabiola, who was inseparable from her husband, the late King Baudouin, and popular across much of Belgium, died on Friday. She was 86. The royal palace said she died at her ...

The Holy Father went on to call the late Catholic who chose to temporarily abdicate his throne rather than sign a law legalizing abortion a man of faith who serves as an example for leaders today.