US Congressman Anh "Joseph" Cao has accused Vietnamese judges of convicting Catholics on "trumped-up charges".
A bishop martyred by Communists was beatified in Romania in Saturday.
The New York Times profiles one of the priests murdered in the Baghdad church massacre.
Anglo-Catholics who join the Ordinariate may be allowed to share their former churches with Anglicans who remain in the Church of England, the Telegraph reports.
Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Santiago de Compostela on Saturday will draw an estimated 200,000 people.
