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Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori (left) and Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission President Russell Moore speak together last week following a news conference at the National Press Club. More than 100 national religious leaders in an open letter are asking the Obama administration to "expand conscience protections" in the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate. Critics say it does not go far enough in divorcing the institutions from health plans that cover contraception. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi stands guard at a barricade near Cairo University, where protesters have installed their camp, in Giza, Egypt, southwest of Cairo, on Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 22, 1978, file photo, Pope John Paul II blesses the faithful in St. Peter's Square from a Vatican City balcony right after he was named pontiff. A Vatican official says Pope John Paul II has cleared the final obstacle before being made a saint. (AP Photo)

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Egyptian soldiers are seen deployed near Cairo University, where thousands of Muslim Brotherhood's supporters have gathered to support Mohammed Morsi in Cairo Wednesday, July 3, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi shout slogans during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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** FILE ** Pakistani workers of political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), hold placards during a protest to condemn the killing of foreign tourists by militants, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, June 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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Plainclothes policemen walk with protesters opposed to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi at the site of clashes with opposing protesters in the Kit Kat neighborhood of Giza, Egypt, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper)

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Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Egypt was on edge Tuesday following a "last-chance" ultimatum the military issued to Mohammed Morsi, giving the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve the crisis in the country or have the army step in with its own plan. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Several thousand abortion-rights protesters march through central Dublin on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, to demand that Ireland's government allow abortions to save a woman's life. (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)

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A FEMEN activist is escorted by cops from a mosque in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. (FEMEN.org)