Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or ...

Francis dedicated his first catechism lesson of 2025 to the ... explicitly to the sexual abuse of children by priests, a scandal that has convulsed the Catholic Church for decades.

Francis dedicated his first catechism lesson of 2025 to the plight of children, telling his weekly general audience that the faithful cannot remain indifferent to the problem of child labor.