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National Day of Prayer:

• Prayer Day Double-Teamed | An interfaith event is planned to counter what some clergy say is growing Christian domination of the observance. (The Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Today's prayer goal: Erase fear of terror | Dallas joins other sites across nation in religious observance. (Dallas Morning News)

Religious violence:

• Evangelical Christians and the Sharon lobby | Christian-right leaders have been some of Sharon's staunchest supporters during the controversial Israeli offensive against Palestinians in the West Bank. (Jim Lobe, Asia Times)
  
  
• Indian Parliament debates government's handling of deadly religious violence | More than 900 have died in India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in more than a decade. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Al Qaeda's new frontier | Indonesia Video shows Muslim cleric calling for jihad against Christians. (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  

Catholicism:

• Numbers fall for World Youth Day | Organizers plan on 100,000 less for Catholic event. (The Toronto Star)
  
  
• Catholics drawn to lay group in Wellesley | A group that started as a listening session for parishioners upset about clergy sexual abuse now draws about 4,200 supporters from 36 states and 19 countries. (The Boston Globe)
  
  

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