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The German police have registered nearly 2500 illegal border crossings in the past two weeks.

Pope Francis compared doctors performing abortions to hired killers during a conversation with journalists on his way back to Rome from Belgium, where he was visiting in the past few days.

A 67-year-old British man was found dead in a vicarage in Kalmthout, Belgium, with traces of amphetamines and MDMA in his urine. A 59-year-old priest from the same town has been arrested pending autopsy.

Belgian King Filip and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo talk about sexual abuse within the Catholic Church to Pope Francis during his visit to Belgium.

Animal activists caused a commotion during a tour of the Pope through the city of Luxembourg. A woman rushed towards the white Pope's vehicle and threw herself on the ground. The protest is aimed at blessing bullfighting.

German border controls in September resulted in the arrest of almost a thousand illegal migrants and criminals. The director of the police union stated that the controls are functioning effectively.

Pope Francis's upcoming four-day visit to Belgium is turning into a star-studded event, but is also overshadowed by Belgian church scandals.

German authorities have reported that 182 people were caught in just four days crossing into Germany illegally at the western borders, where intensified border controls have been put in place.