Religion_Belief

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Syrian women pray during Laylat Al Qadr, the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in font of the Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)

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Paolo Gabriele faces one to six years in jail if convicted of charges in the theft of Vatican documents unless Pope Benedict XVI decided to pardon his once-trusted aide. (Associated Press)

**FILE** Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) speaks Feb. 8, 2012, with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill during his meeting with Russia's religious leaders in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow. (Associated Press/RIA-Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Government Press Service)

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** FILE ** Paolo Gabriele (bottom), Pope Benedict XVI's butler, is pictured with Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, the pontiff's personal secretary, on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Andrew Rannells (center) performs with an ensemble cast in “The Book of Mormon” at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre in New York. The play starts a national tour this week led by Gavin Creel. “The Book of Mormon” was crowned best musical for its offensive yet good-natured look at two missionaries in Uganda. (Boneau/Bryan-Brown via Associated Press)

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Pat Martens Balke of St. Louis rallies with other supporters of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious at a vigil Thursday in St. Louis. The LCWR is meeting to decide how they should respond to a Vatican rebuke. (Associated Press)

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A Palestinian man prepares traditional Arab pastries Aug. 6, 2012, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem's Old City. Alongside hundreds of millions of Muslims observing the sunrise-to-sundown fast of Ramadan, a defiant minority goes underground each year during the holy month, scarfing down sandwiches and sneaking cigarettes when no one is looking. (Associated Press)

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Joe Koerner and his wife, Maria Allen Koerner, of St. Louis, rally Aug. 9, 2012, with other supporters of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) at a vigil in St. Louis. The LCWR, the largest U.S. group for Roman Catholic nuns, are meeting to decide how they should respond to a Vatican rebuke and order for reform. The organization represents about 80 percent of the 57,000 U.S. sisters. (Associated Press)

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Members of the Sikh temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wis., wash items Aug. 9, 2012, as they return for the first time since a mass shooting at the temple four days earlier that claimed six members. (Associated Press)

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Starting Dec. 7, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will do a 10-weekend run of shows in Las Vegas, the first time in six years they will perform together in the U.S. (Associated Press)