Survivors of yesterday's attacks on the Christian community in Baghdad are contacting western embassies in the hope of gaining asylum, reports the Guardian.

Men dressed in military uniforms have killed a Catholic priest in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Archbishop Ricardo Blázquez of Valladolid has written to the consecrated members of Regnum Christi explaining how the Apostolic Visitation of the movement will be conducted.

The Court of Appeal has refused to allow the Diocese of Middlesbrough to appeal against a ruling that it should be held liable for abuse at a former boys' school.