Pope Francis has doubled down on his traditional views on abortion and women during his in-flight news conference coming home ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE -- Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional ...

Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion ...

Pope Francis has doubled down on his traditional views on abortion and women during his in-flight press conference coming ...

More than 300 women in Belgium, including those facing financial hardship, travel to the Netherlands to terminate their pregnancies each year. The Netherlands, which allows abortion up to 22 weeks ...

Pope Francis’ comments about “murderous” and “criminal” laws come amid discussions about whether to extend the legal limit of abortion in Belgium, a country that also has some of the ...

The pope then referred to a new legislative proposal to extend the legal limit for an abortion in Belgium, from 12 weeks to 18 weeks after conception. The bill failed at the last minute because ...

On his second full day in Belgium, the pope also stopped at the ... his assent to a bill Parliament passed in 1990 legalizing abortion. In the presence of the late king's nephew, the current ...

Earlier the pope visited the tomb of Belgium's King Baudouin who in 1990 famously refused to sign a law lifting penalties against abortion, citing personal convictions. Francis described the ...