Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium's king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, an issue once more in the spotlight as he visits. Both King Philippe and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo raised the issue in public in unusually forceful language for a papal foreign trip,

Prime Minister Alexander De Croo's speech was one of the most pointed ever directed at the pope during a foreign trip.

Two intense hours of welcoming, reassuring, and also taking note of what the seventeen victims think should be introduced in Belgium in order to achieve restorative justice for the traumas