The European Union "must not get stuck in the self-reflection", Cardinal Reinhard Marx, president of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the EU (Comece), has said following the Brexit vote.
The Church constantly faces the temptation of "closing in on herself in the face of danger", Pope Francis has said as he celebrated Mass on the feast of Ss Peter and Paul.
A priest in Ohio has said that he was held at gunpoint while hearing a confession.
Sandro Magister, Rocco Palmo and Fr Raymond de Souza reflect on Benedict XVI's 65 years as a priest.
