Religion_Belief

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Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny in mid-July accused the Vatican of downplaying "the rape and torture of children" by priests and of hiding behind its status as a sovereign state, a severe challenge to the Catholic Church that has long held sway over the country's way of life. (AP Photo)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Joe Zamecki protests outside a building where the Texas Board of Education was holding a meeting on Thursday.

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"The death of Osama bin Laden will not ruin our spirit for jihad. We do it not for a figure. We do it for God's blessing," said Muhammad Syarif Tarabubun, a former police officer who was sentenced in the attack on a karaoke club in Ambon.

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Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput (left) and Cardinal Justin Rigali, who is retiring as archbishop of Philadelphia, embrace Tuesday during a news conference in Philadelphia, where the Catholic Church has been rocked by accusations of hiding sex-abuse complaints for decades. (AP Photo)

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DAILY CALLER Lamb and Lynx Gaede (from left) have embraced diversity and abandoned most of their white nationalist beliefs.

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In this citizen journalism image, protesters hang a banner Friday in Arabic that reads “Thank you Al-Jazeera and SNN [Shaam News Network]" during a rally in the central city of Hama, Syria. Government security forces reportedly fired on throngs of protesters in the capital, Damascus, and other major cities Friday, killing an estimated 14 people, witnesses and activists said. (Shaam News Network via Associated Press)

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Lebanese protesters burn an Iranian flag during a rally in solidarity with Syrian anti-government protesters, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, July 15, 2011. Syrian security forces fired on protesters in the capital and other major cities Friday, killing at least 14 people as hundreds of thousands gathered for some of the largest anti-government rallies since the uprising began in March, witnesses and activists said. (AP Photo)

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The Rev. In Jin Moon, president and CEO of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, speaks about her own experience with religious persecution Wednesday at a conference, "Stop Religious Persecution Now." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES "Great schools, great people, great community connections" is the mantra of Kaya Henderson, the chancellor of D.C. public schools.

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The Rev. In Jin Moon, president and CEO of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, greets the audience before delivering the keynote address Wednesday at a conference, "Stop Religious Persecution Now." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Members of the Orthodox Jewish community and of the media watch police conduct a search of the street where a suitcase believed to contain the remains of 8-year old Leiby Kletzy were found in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)