Churches close, face masks become a common sight as authorities in dozens of nations race to contain, or at least better manage, the COVID-19 outbreak

Strong voices within the Church call for 'respected' married Amazonian men to be ordained as priests and for the Vatican to reopen a study commission on ordaining women as deacons

'Blood Libel: On The Trail of an Antisemitic Myth' by historian Magda Teter examines lethal canard from its roots in monastic tales to the pages of German Nazi broadsheets

Catholic officials also criticize manipulation of truth 'for immediate political needs'

Even the Nazi occupation of France did not stop holiday services at iconic cathedral, which was ravaged by a fire in April

After military liaison only permits travel abroad, church heads say Christians in Strip have 'the right... to celebrate the birth of Jesus the messiah in the place of his birth'

Nashville school priest warns spells used in books were real and could be used to summon spirits

References to the ancient Jewish sect, a precursor of rabbinic Judaism criticized by Jesus, were for centuries an expression of Christian anti-Semitism

Move marks unprecedented effort by Pope Francis to respond to global sex abuse and whitewashing scandals, applies to all 415,000 priests and 660,000 nuns of the church

Andrzej Jeż appears to refer to Jews during Easter speech, saying 'certain nation' plotted in 1937 to slander Catholic Church by controlling media