Religion_Belief

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Hundreds of youths gather in the street outside the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 following the Youth Rally and Mass for Life. Once the mass was completed, people picked up signs and prepared to march to the Supreme Court in defense of pro-life legislation. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Fifteen-year-old Sydney Bosman of Huntingtown, Md., takes a nap during the Youth Rally and Mass for Life. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Donald Wuerl, right, archbishop of Washington, presides over the Catholic mass at the Verizon Center, part of the Youth Rally and Mass for Life. Thousands of people attended the event and then marched to the Supreme Court demanding that Roe v. Wade be overturned. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Priests, bishops and cardinals process up the long aisle at the Verizon Center for the Catholic mass that was part of the Youth Rally and Mass for Life. About 15,500 people were expected, with an additional 10,000 at the D.C. Armory. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A nun prays using her rosary during the Youth Rally and Mass for Life, at the Verizon Center. About 15,500 people were expected, with an additional 10,000 at the D.C. Armory. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Priests from across the country attend the Youth Rally and Mass for Life at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. These priests were later called upon to offer communion to the thousands of people in attendance. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Sister Carrie Ann McKeown, left, and Sister Veronica Hanson, both with the Franciscan Sisters TOR of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother in Steubenville, Ohio, pray during the Mass for Life at the Verizon Center. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Priests come down the escalator at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. after administering communion to the thousands of people in attendance at the Youth Rally and Mass for Life Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, celebrated the mass. This year there was an overflow mass at the D.C. Armory. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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People file back into the arena at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. after receiving communion Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 at the Youth Rally and Mass for Life. Because there were so many people in attendance, communion stations were offered in several places throughout the center. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Archbishop of Washington, Donald Wuerl, waves to the crowd as he exits the stage following the celebration of mass at the Youth Rally and Mass for Life at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Saad el-Katatni, a lawmaker from the Muslim Brotherhood, is the first speaker of the newly elected People's Assembly.

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Female People's Assembly members from the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party attend the chamber's opening session.

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Egyptian protesters carry their national flag outside the People's Assembly building in Cairo during the assembly's opening session Monday. The newly elected assembly, which is made up overwhelmingly of Islamists, will elect a panel to draft a new constitution. Elections for the chamber were the first since Hosni Mubarak's ouster. (Associated Press)

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Muslim men at a mosque in Kano, Nigeria, pray on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, for peace and for people who lost their lives during attacks over the weekend. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

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Protesters in Sanaa, Yemen, react after receiving the news of the departure of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh for Oman on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, said the popular website will black out its English-language version for a day on Wednesday to protest anti-piracy bills, which he contends “set a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the world.” (Associated Press)

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A man is dragged away from the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States during an anti-death penalty protest, sponsored by the Abolition Action Committee, in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. There were 14 arrests. The protests are timed to mark the 35th anniversary of the execution of Gary Gilmore, who protesters said was the first person executed under the Supreme Court's upholding of the death penalty in 1976. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A tuberculosis patient, Mohammed Shamim Sheikh, is seen through an X-ray of his chest in Mumbai. (Associated Press)

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Protesters demand the prosecution of Yemeni President Ali Abdulla Saleh, who has been igniting unrest for a year. (Associated Press)

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Angry youths protest and shout slogans Jan. 16, 2012, in Lagos, Nigeria. For the first time since protests erupted over spiraling fuel prices, soldiers barricaded key roads in Nigeria's two biggest cities as the president offered a concession to stem demonstrations he said were being stoked by provocateurs seeking anarchy. (Associated Press)