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Pilgrims, one of them holding a statue of Our Lady of Fatima, arrive at the Fatima Sanctuary Thursday, May 11 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. Pope Francis is visiting the Fatima shrine on May 12 and 13 to canonize two Portuguese shepherd children whose "visions" of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago turned the sleepy farming town of Fatima into a major Catholic pilgrimage site. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)
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Pilgrims walk by a 26 metre tall giant glow-in-the-dark rosary, titled "Suspension" by the Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, above the entrance of Basilica of the Holy Trinity, in Fatima, Portugal, Thursday, May 11, 2017. Pope Francis is visiting the Fatima shrine on May 12 and 13 to canonize two Portuguese shepherd children whose "visions" of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago turned the sleepy farming town of Fatima into a major Catholic pilgrimage site. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)
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Pope Francis waves as he embarks his flight to Monte Real, Portugal, from Rome's International airport of Leonardo Da Vinci, in Fiumicino, Italy, Friday, May 12, 2017. The pope is traveling to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima where on Saturday he will canonize two poor, illiterate shepherd children whose visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago marked one of the most important events of the 20th-century Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Pope Francis shakes the hand of a Carabinieri paramilitary officer as he embarks his flight to Monte Real, Portugal, from Fiumicino's International airport Leonardo Da Vinci, near Rome, Friday, May 12, 2017. The pope is traveling to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima where on Saturday he will canonize two poor, illiterate shepherd children whose visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago marked one of the most important events of the 20th-century Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Two nuns attend a mass at the Chapel of the Apparitions in the Fatima Sanctuary Thursday, May 11 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. Pope Francis is visiting the Fatima shrine on May 12 and 13 to canonize two Portuguese shepherd children whose "visions" of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago turned the sleepy farming town of Fatima into a major Catholic pilgrimage site. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)
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A white dove is tied to a wooden crucifix carried by pilgrims arriving at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima Friday, May 12, 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. Pope Francis will canonize on Saturday two poor, illiterate shepherd children whose visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago marked one of the most important events of the 20th-century Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)
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San Francisco Giants' Christian Arroyo breaks his bat as he grounds out against the Cincinnati Reds during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 11, 2017, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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San Antonio Spurs center Pau Gasol, right, dribbles as Houston Rockets guard James Harden defends during the first half in Game 6 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
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San Antonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge, left, dribbles as Houston Rockets center Clint Capela defends during the first half in Game 6 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
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Screen capture from the trailer for "Generational Sins," a drama by Christian filmmakers set for release in August 2017 that is stirring controversy due to uncensored expletives used by characters in the film.
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A woman walks on her knees paying penance at the Fatima Sanctuary, Thursday, May 11 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. Pope Francis is visiting the Fatima shrine on May 12 and 13 to canonize two Portuguese shepherd children whose "visions" of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago turned the sleepy farming town of Fatima into a major Catholic pilgrimage site. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
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Workers remove scaffolding after hanging an image of Francisco Marto on the facade of the Fatima Basilica Thursday, May 11 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. Pope Francis is visiting the Fatima shrine on May 12 and 13 to canonize Jacinta and Francisco Marto, two Portuguese shepherd children whose "visions" of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago turned the sleepy farming town of Fatima into a major Catholic pilgrimage site. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
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Joao Batista, left, and Lucila Yurie, from Brazil, deliver a statement at the Fatima Sanctuary Thursday, May 11 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. Batista and Yuri are the parents of a boy whose surprise recovery from a severe brain injury was used by the Vatican to make two Portuguese children saints. Pope Francis is visiting the Fatima shrine on May 12 and 13 to canonize Jacinta and Francisco Marto, two Portuguese shepherd children whose "visions" of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago turned the sleepy farming town of Fatima into a major Catholic pilgrimage site. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
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FILE - In this March 2, 2017, file photo, Middlebury College students turn their backs to Charles Murray, unseen, during his lecture in Middlebury, Vt. Hundreds of students protested his lecture, forcing the college to move his talk to an undisclosed campus location from which it was live-streamed to the original venue. Since the beginning of 2016, more than two dozen campus speeches have been derailed amid controversy, according to the Foundation For Individual Rights In Education, a group that monitors free speech on campuses. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke, File)
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A Trader Joe's in Los Angeles is seen here on Feb. 11, 2008. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Milwaukee Brewers' Travis Shaw scores safely past Boston Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Milwaukee. Shaw scored from second on a hit by Hernan Perez. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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A protester waves a sign outside of the offices of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in San Francisco. Dozens of protesters chanted slogans outside of Feinstein's office in protest of President Donald Trump's firing of FBI director James Comey. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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San Francisco Giants' Brandon Belt (9), Hunter Pence, Christian Arroyo (22) and Joe Panik, right, celebrate after a baseball game against the New York Mets, Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in New York. The Giants won 6-5. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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A protester, center, is escorted out of commencement exercises during a speech by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at Bethune-Cookman University, Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
