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Egyptian riot police form a line behind an upturned and burnt car outside the Coptic Christian Saints Church, unseen, in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, Egypt, on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. A car exploded in front of the church early Saturday as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass, killing at least 21 people according to officials. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) holds his son Baylen after the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts on Feb. 7, 2010 in Miami. The Saints won 31-17. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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Florida State quarterback Christian Ponder calls a play during practice for the Chick-fil-A Bowl NCAA college football game against South Carolina Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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A commemorative reprint of the 1611 King James Version of the Holy Bible (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Associated Press photographs Members of the Islamic community pray at the market square in downtown Moenchengladbach, western Germany, in September. The Islamic fundamentalist group 'Invitation to Paradise' was performing public prayers to fight back against weeks of protests by locals against its plan for building a Koranic school.
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Wilfried Schultz, chairman of an initiative against the Koranic school in Moenchengladbach, Germany, says, "We are not going to tolerate that these Islamists undermine our liberal German values."
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Pope Benedict XVI greets his luncheon guests inside the Vatican's main audience hall on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. Lasagna, veal and cake were on the menu as the pope dined with 250 poor people as well as seminarians, priests and nuns from Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity order, which runs soup kitchens around Rome. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)
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Philippine National Police investigators inspect the damage at the Sacred Heart Catholic Chapel following an explosion during a Christmas Day Mass on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010, on the volatile island of Jolo, Sulu province, in the southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Nickee Butlangan)
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**FILE** Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful during his annual "Urbi et Orbi" ("to the City and to the World") message at the Vatican on Christmas 2010. (Associated Press)
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Pictures of slain Iraqi Christians are displayed during Christmas Mass at Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Iraqi Christians are marking a somber holiday in the face of repeated violence by militants intent on driving their beleaguered community from Iraq. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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BLOOMBERG Cali Simpson wraps herself in holiday lights Thursday upon arriving at Chicago's O'Hare airport from Denver. Travelers generally were faring well.
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ChurchAds.net U.S. and British faith and pro-life groups have sponsored thousands of Christmas billboards featuring "Mary's blessed ultrasound."
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The United Nations and other world leaders recognize opposition leader Alassane Ouattara as the winner of the Nov. 28 runoff vote.
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Associated Press photographs From left, Catholic Sisters Gracie Whittaker, Joyce Richter and Louise Smith examine a ceiling while rebuilding a Hurricane Katrina-damaged house in New Orleans on Nov. 19. Nuns from all over the country have taken part in the Nuns Build project.
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Men carry out the body of a victim the day after the bombing at Our Lady of Salvation. Increasingly targeted by Sunni Muslims, Christians are fleeing to Kurdistan and seeking asylum elsewhere.
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Pictures of slain Iraqi Christians are displayed during Mass Dec. 10 at Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad. Sixty-eight persons died in a bombing there on Oct. 31, and days later, a string of bombs went off outside Christian homes in the city. (Associated Press)
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Pope Benedict XVI holds a copy of the book "Light of the World,'' a series of papal interviews with German journalist Peter Seewald (left), at the Vatican on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, HO)
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had harsh words on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, for those protesting the country's disputed election.
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Pope Benedict XVI during the traditional exchange of Christmas greetings to the Curia, in the Regia Hall, at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. Benedict XVI said Monday the Catholic Church must reflect on what is wrong with its message and Christian life in general that allowed for the widespread sexual abuse of children by priests. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, pool)
