Religion_Belief

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Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori noted that “the political landscape is the same” after voters on Election Day 2012 widely rejected Catholic stances on gay marriage and birth control. (Associated Press)

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Pope Benedict XVI conducts a Mass in 2008 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, Australia, where the prime minister now is calling for a federal investigation into child sex abuse by priests. A detective says the church destroyed evidence, silenced victims and shuffled priests. (Associated Press)

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Pope Benedict XVI waves upon his arrival for a meeting with the "Santa Cecilia" association, at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012.

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Children from St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Md., including Joseph Luksic, 8, second from right, and Isabella Merino, 8, far right, wait inside their church with bags full of donated items to be taken to New Jersey for victims of Superstorm Sandy on Nov. 9, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Mike Trigiani (center), a parishioner at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Md., loads donated items into a passenger van outside the church on Nov. 9, 2012. The van, which was filled with food, clothes, toiletries, cleaning supplies and baby products, will be driven to St. Benedict Church in Holmdel, N.J., where the supplies will be distributed to victims of Superstorm Sandy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Angelina Trigiani, 3, of Brookeville, Md., carries a bag of donated items from St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Md., to a passenger van that will deliver them to a church in Holmdel, N.J., for victims of Superstorm Sandy on Nov. 9, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Ginger Sejismundo (left), 5, and Isabella Merino, 8, both students at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic School in Silver Spring, Md., carry a big bag of candy out of their church to a passenger van that will take donated items to St. Benedict Church in Holmdel, N.J., for victims of Superstorm Sandy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Rory Sejismundo, 2, carries a bottle of water inside the front hallway of St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Md. on Nov. 9, 2012. Water was among the donated supplies that will be sent from this church in a passenger van up to a church in New Jersey for victims of Superstorm Sandy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Sara Thomas (left), 7, picks up a dropped box of trash bags while Julia Luksic (center), 5, and Mira Thomas (right), 9, also carry trash bags to a big passenger van that is being loaded with donations to go to Superstorm Sandy victims in New Jersey on Nov. 9, 2012, at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Md. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Nina Thomas (left), 5, Sara Thomas (center), 7, and Julia Luksic, 5, all students at the St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church school in Silver Spring, Md., carry trash bags out to the passenger van that is headed to New Jersey to bring supplies to victims of Superstorm Sandy on Nov. 9, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Children from the St. Andrew Apostle Catholic Church school in Silver Spring, Md., help parishioner Rick Gross load his SUV with baby products to take to New Jersey for victims of Superstorm Sandy on Nov. 9, 2012. The church, which also sent a passenger van full of clothes, cleaning products and toiletries, plans to hold a toy drive as well. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Members of St. Andrew Apostle Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Md., prepare to start loading donations — including clothes, cleaning products and toiletries — to take to New Jersey for victims of Superstorm Sandy on Nov. 9, 2012. The donation effort was spurred by parishioner Soley Somma, a former Brooklyn resident who says she was so moved by what she saw and heard on the news that she told her husband she was going to take a van full of stuff and drive it there. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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An Egyptian Muslim man holds the Quran, Islam's holy book, during a Nov. 9, 2012, rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Thousands of ultraconservative Muslims rallied in the Egyptian capital, demanding the country's new constitution be based on the rulings of Islamic law, or Shariah. (Associated Press)

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Egyptian Muslims gather during a Nov. 9, 2012, rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Thousands of ultraconservative Muslims rallied in the Egyptian capital, demanding the country's new constitution be based on the rulings of Islamic law, or Shariah. (Associated Press)

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An Egyptian Muslim child prays during a Nov. 9, 2012, rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Thousands of ultraconservative Muslims rallied in the Egyptian capital, demanding the country's new constitution be based on the rulings of Islamic law, or Shariah. (Associated Press) The boy's headband reads, in Arabic, "anything but God's messenger." (Associated Press)

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Egyptian Muslims pray a Nov. 9, 2012, rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Thousands of ultraconservative Muslims rallied in the Egyptian capital, demanding the country's new constitution be based on the rulings of Islamic law, or Shariah. The poster on the the motor scooter reads in Arabic, "Islamic law is the first source of the constitution." (Associated Press)