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Pope Benedict XVI answers reporters' questions aboard the airplane heading to Zagreb, Croatia, Saturday, June 4, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI will be visiting the Croatian capital from June 4 to 5 for the first time. At right is father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesperson and cardinal Tarciso Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, second from right. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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RUNNING: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announces his candidacy for president on Thursday at Bittersweet Farm in Stratham, N.H. Analysts say his Mormon faith remains a stumbling block, as it was in his 2008 campaign, especially among evangelical Christians influential in the GOP. (Associated Press)
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Rabbi Saul Kassin, 89, arrives for sentencing Tuesday in Trenton, N.J. He was among the rabbis and 46 total defendants arrested in 2009 in a massive federal probe into money laundering and corruption in New Jersey. (Associated Press)
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KYODO NEWS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS China has responded to more than a week of surprising protests in Inner Mongolia with its well-honed strategy: deploy overwhelming force, keep potential protesters from gathering and pledge to address at least some grievances.
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Burning tires left by anti-government protesters block the road during clashes between the protesters and Yemeni security forces in Taiz, Yemen, on May 31, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Rabbi Eliezer Berland leaves after praying at Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus early on Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Hafiz Saeed (center), the leader of banned Islamic group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, sits among religious leaders during a rally against India and the United States in Lahore, Pakistan. Accounts gathered by the Associated Press add to suspicion that Pakistan is accepting U.S. aid to fight militants while tolerating and in some cases encouraging extremism.
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Theresa Herbert (center) cheers from the stands with athletes Michael North (left) and Curtis Merrick (right) during the 2011 Special Olympics D.C. Summer Games being held at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Medals are presented following the Unified 4x100 meter relay during the 2011 Special Olympics D.C. Summer Games being held at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Air Force Col. Tony Thomas (left) helps tie the shoes of runner Javon McCray (right) prior to his running in the Unified 4x100 meter relay during the 2011 Special Olympics D.C. Summer Games being held at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Daishaun Howell (center) races to get the baton to Army SSG. Tanner Welch in the Unified 4x100 meter relay during the 2011 Special Olympics D.C. Summer Games being held at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Javon McCray (left) gets his Air Force tee shirt put on by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Steven Mandell (right) prior to the running of the Unified 4x100 meter relay, during the 2011 Special Olympics D.C. Summer Games being held at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Catholic friars from the Dominican order sing hymns and say prayers as they walk along the National Mall in Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, on their pilgrimage from the Dominican House of Studies in Northeast Washington to St. Dominic's Parish in Southwest. This is the first time the friars have held the pilgrimage, which commemorated the date that St. Dominic's body was moved from its original grave to its current resting place in Bologna, Italy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Catholic friars from the Dominican order walk through Lafayette Park in Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, on their pilgrimage from the Dominican House of Studies in Northeast Washington to St. Dominic's Parish in Southwest. This is the first time the friars have held the pilgrimage, which commemorated the date that St. Dominic's body was moved from its original grave to its current resting place in Bologna, Italy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Catholic friars from the Dominican order walk past the White House in Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, on their pilgrimage from the Dominican House of Studies in Northeast Washington to St. Dominic's Parish in Southwest. This is the first time the friars have held the pilgrimage, which commemorated the date that St. Dominic's body was moved from its original grave to its current resting place in Bologna, Italy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Father James Brenth says a blessing for Wendall Wills of Washington outside the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, as friars pray with him on the steps. Fourteen Catholic friars from the Dominican order held a pilgrimage from the Dominican House of Studies in Northeast Washington to St. Dominic's Parish in Southwest. They stopped at St. Matthew's to hold a brief prayer service, and Mr. Wills, who said he used to sleep on the church steps, asked them for a blessing on their way out. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Catholic friars from the Dominican order hold a brief prayer service in a side chapel at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in downtown Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. They stopped at St. Matthew's as part of their pilgrimage from the Dominican House of Studies in Northeast Washington to St. Dominic's Parish in Southwest. This is the first time the friars have held the pilgrimage, which commemorated the date that St. Dominic's body was moved from its original grave to its current resting place in Bologna, Italy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Brother John Baptist Hoang (left) stops to drink water along with Brother Philip Neri Reese (center) while Brother Gabriel Torretta (right) grabs a granola bar out of Brother Philip Neri's backpack during their pilgrimage on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Washington. Fourteen Catholic friars from the Dominican order held the pilgrimage to commemorate the date that St. Dominic's body was moved from its original grave to its current resting place in Bologna, Italy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Catholic friars from the Dominican order walk down a residential street in Northeast Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, on a pilgrimage from the Dominican House of Studies in Northeast to St. Dominic's Parish in Southwest. The walk was to commemorate the date that St. Dominic's body was moved from its original grave to its current resting place in Bologna, Italy. Each of the friars was instructed to have a personal intent for the pilgrimage, and along the way they sang hymns and said prayers. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Dominican Brothers (from left) Raphael Forbing, Jerome Zeiler, Peter Martyr Yungwirth, Philip Neri Reese and John Baptist Hoang pray at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in downtown Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. The brothers were among 14 Catholic friars from the Dominican order who held a pilgrimage from the Dominican House of Studies in Northeast Washington to St. Dominic's Parish in Southwest. Along the way the friars stopped at St. Matthew's to hold a small prayer service, and these brothers took some time for personal prayer. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
