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• Church leaders renew call for asylum changes | Christian leaders have again described Australia's system of dealing with asylum seekers as "inhumane" and "in crisis" (Australian Broadcasting Corp.)

Persecution:

• Faith under fire | Christians in Pakistan face a wave of attacks that could escalate as the war on terror continues (San Diego Union-Tribune)
  
  
• Hired goons burn church, kill two faithful in Kisii | The gang of about 100, armed with all sorts of crude weapons including arrows, simis and machetes, invaded the church at 12.30 pm attacking followers indiscriminately (The East African Standard, Nairobi, Kenya)
  
  
• Also: Church intact, say police | Kisii police boss Anderson Wambugu yesterday clarified that the Bogiakumu Catholic Church was not burned down during last Sunday's fracas that left two people dead (The East African Standard, Nairobi, Kenya)
  
  
• Brooklyn church hit in bizarre graffiti attack | At the Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Church, swastikas were spray-painted in orange on the walls and doors while obscene messages—including the threat, "It's Getting Personal"—were sprayed across the windows (New York Post)
  
  
• Also: Vandals spray church with symbols of hate (New York Daily News)
  
  
• Catholics bemused by expulsions | Catholic church officials said last week that they were puzzled by the government's deafening silence and hints that President Vladimir Putin may have sided with the Orthodox Church (The Moscow Times)
  
  
• Also: Russians battle for believers after Vatican brings in bishops | Five Catholic priests have been refused access to Russia so far this year, in a campaign denounced by the Vatican as "persecution" (Financial Times)
  
  
• Also: Russia's antireligious ways | Can Russia achieve closer political and economic ties with the West while refusing equal rights for religious minorities? It seems the answer is yes. (John Hughes or Lawrence Uzzell, The Christian Science Monitor)

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