King Philippe of Belgium has addressed when he might renounce the throne in order for his daughter, Princess Elisabeth, to reign. The 65-year-old King of Belgium addressed the topic in a new, ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — On a brutal day for the frail and aging Pope Francis, the king of Belgium, its prime minister and the rector of the Catholic university that invited him here all ripped into the ...

Congolese independence hero Patrice Emery Lumumba shot to fame on June 30, 1960 with a blistering independence speech against ...

ROME — The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified for having abdicated for a day rather than approve legislation to legalize ...

The 91-year-old former monarch, who abdicated the Belgian throne in 2013, is once again undergoing preventative treatment for skin cancer, the Belgian Royal House confirmed to Dutch outlet Het Laatste ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s prime minister on Friday blasted Pope Francis for the Catholic Church’s horrific legacy of clerical sex abuse and cover-ups in his country, demanding “concrete steps” to come ...

Pope Francis visited Laeken Castle on Friday, where he met with King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians. King Philippe ascended the Belgian throne in 2013 and holds the title “Rex ...

“Gaza is being besieged, starved, bombed, and erased — while much of the world remains complicit in silence or justification. But today… Belgium said: Enough! On Monday, the eve of Belgium’s National ...