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In a letter to Pope Francis, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., is among the conservative signatories and professors who say marriage appears threatened in the contemporary world. The Synod of Bishops is scheduled to meet on family and marriage issues from Oct. 5-19 at the Vatican.
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In this 2014 photo provided by Rolf Peterson at least two of three wolf pups, center, who survived the winter are documented on Isle Royale in northern Michigan by long-time researchers who track the wolves every winter by airplane. While the new pups brought the island's struggling wolf population to 11, researchers said Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 that one of the few remaining gray wolfs from the island was found dead earlier this month in northeastern Minnesota after escaping to the mainland across a Lake Superior ice bridge. (AP Photo/Courtesy Rolf Peterson)
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In this Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 photo, Port Mayaca Lock & Dam in Lake Okeechobee, Fla., is seen. A Tallahassee lawmaker called on Florida’s congressional delegation to help the state take charge of controlling how water is released from Lake Okeechobee. The lake and water woes from Florida’s Big Bend to the state’s natural springs to a treasured estuary along the Atlantic have prompted residents, lawmakers and environmental advocates to call on the state to do more to better manage its water resources. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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In this Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 photo, Port Mayaca Lock & Dam in Lake Okeechobee, Fla., is seen. A Tallahassee lawmaker called on Florida’s congressional delegation to help the state take charge of controlling how water is released from Lake Okeechobee. The lake and water woes from Florida’s Big Bend to the state’s natural springs to a treasured estuary along the Atlantic have prompted residents, lawmakers and environmental advocates to call on the state to do more to better manage its water resources. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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In this May 22, 2013 photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a queen Italian honeybee, the large bee just left of center, is surrounded on an apiary nest in Washington, D.C. The USDA hopes to help honeybees by providing $3 million to farmers and ranchers in five states to improve their pastures. It turns out that dairy cows and bees like many of the same plants. (AP Photo/USDA, Lance Cheung)
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In this May 21, 2013 photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a honeybee is attracted to a flower near an apiary in Washington, D.C. The USDA hopes to help honeybees by providing $3 million to farmers and ranchers in five states to improve their pastures. It turns out that dairy cows and bees like many of the same plants. (AP Photo/USDA, Lance Cheung)
