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Children participate in the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 1, 2013. The Easter Bunny, dozens of professional athletes and thousands of children will be hippity-hopping across the White House's South Lawn as President Barack Obama and his family lead the annual Easter Egg Roll. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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President Barack Obama exits St. John's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Luis Leon after he and the first family attended Easter services, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) blessing, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday. Francis celebrated his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff before joyous pilgrims, tourists and Romans in the square bedecked by spring flowers. (L'Osservatore Romano via the Associated Press)
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Iraqi Christians pray during Easter Mass at Mar Youssif Chaldean Church in Baghdad on Sunday, March 31, 2013. The Chaldean Church is an Eastern Rite church affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 24, 2013. (Associated Press)
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Pope Francis lies down in prayer during the Passion of Christ Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, March 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Actor Jim Caviezel portraying Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ." (Associated Press)
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Christian worshippers carry a cross toward the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, during the Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, March 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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The Rev. Robert Jeffress has helped to revive the First Baptist Church in Dallas where church membership stands at 11,000, and 3,400 turn out for worship services each Sunday.