Religion_Belief

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Palestinian children walk through a damaged mosque after an Israeli airstrike in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Jordanian forces stand on alert near the Interior Ministry Circle in Amman on Wednesday during a protest after an announcement that Jordan would raise fuel prices. The protests are the largest and most sustained to hit since the start of the Arab Spring. (Associated Press)

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This film image released by Summit Entertainment shows, from left, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Peter Facinelli, MyAnna Buring, Casey LaBow and Christian Camargo in a scene from "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2." (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Andrew Cooper)

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Jordanian policemen prepare to disperse protesters blocking a main road in Amman on Wednesday during a demonstration against the spike in fuel prices after the government lifted subsidies. Protesters denounced the king and threw rocks at police. (Associated Press)

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An officer fires tear gas as police face demonstrators during a protest against government austerity measures in Turin, Italy, on Wednesday. Protesters clashed with police in various demonstrations in Rome, Milan, Turin, Padua and Brescia. (Associated Press)

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“As our schools are currently organized, we can’t achieve our goals,” D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson said Tuesday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Cardinal Timothy Dolan, of New York, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Palestinians gather March 22, 2004, around a pool of blood and the remains of the wheelchair of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, following an Israeli air strike that killed him, near his house in Gaza City. (Associated Press)

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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)