BRUSSELS-- Saying his "bucket is full" the press officer for controversial Belgium Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard quit his job yesterday. In a Nov. 2 announcement, Jürgen Mettepenningen ...

Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard also argued that retired Catholic priests suspected of paedophilia should be spared criminal punishment. Archbishop Leonard's own spokesman has now quit in protest ...

Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard of Mechelen-Brussels speaks at a press conference introducing Bishop Jozef De Kesel, left, as the newly-named bishop of Brugge, Belgium, June 25 in Brussels.

Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, the head of the Church in Belgium, said that after a report on the level and scope of the abuse was published on Friday, "a feeling of anger and powerlessness" had ...

Belgian Archbishop Andre- Joseph Leonard welcomed the appeals court ruling calling the raids improper but said he continues to support any judicial inquiry into sex abuse by clergy that respects ...

Belgium's Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard testifies against euthanasia bill. (YVES LOGGHE/The Associated Press) Some interesting reads about personal health from the Web: ** Euthanasia is legal ...

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed three new auxiliary bishops to assist Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard of Mechelen-Brussels. Msgrs. Jean-Luc Hudsyn, Jean Kockerols and Leon Lemmens were appointed ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's senior Roman Catholic cleric, Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, has been ordered to pay 10,000 euros ($10,900) in damages for failing to act on allegations of sexual ...

In a message to Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard after the June 24 raid of the Cathedral of Mechelen and the archbishop's office, Pope Benedict expressed his solidarity with the Belgian bishops for ...