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** In this June 18, 2008, file photo, the Rev. John McLaughlin, of St. Monica Parish in Methuen, Mass., is the first national vocations director at the Archdiocese of the Military in Washington. This month, Father McLaughlin begins traveling the country to recruit members of the military into the Catholic priesthood and sisterhood. (Associated Press)
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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Seoul protesters demand the resignation of government officials. Some scholars say the mixed focus of the protests indicate citizens merely seek group experience, and that this urge dangerously usurps their loyalty to the democratic process. Elected by a record margin, the president's approval rating is now less than 20 percent.
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan in this photo from March 1, 2003. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Pope Benedict XVI, seen here in the popemobile, will travel in a similar vehicle during his visit to the District. Benedict has one public event in the city, a Mass on April 17 at the Nationals' stadium.
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President Obama, shown in this 2008 photo, acknowledges the crowd as he leaves First Emanuel Baptist Church in New Orleans during his presidential campaign.
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People enter the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of Catholic University in Washington. (File, The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** In this 2008 file photo, Assyrian Christians Isaac Samow and his wife, Ziada, say their children, including Hala (center) still speak their language, but they fear the loss of their culture in their grandchildren in asylum in Modesto, Calif., and among other Assyrians fleeing the violence and persecution in the ancient homeland of Mesopotamia. (Associated Press)
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Pope Benedict XVI
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An antique handwritten Koran is displayed inside the museum in Harar, Ethiopia, named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2006. ** FILE **
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Christian Kersey (left), David Sabre (center) and Pablo Piggott race to finish their pies during a pie-eating contest at the Fauquier County Fair in Warrenton, Va., Saturday, July 21, 2007. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./The Washington Times)
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A tombstone at Rock Creek Cemetery which is owned by the Vestry, the governing body, of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish. The Church began as a mission on the Rock Creek Hundreds in 1712 and is the only surviving colonial church in what is now Washington. Sunday May 27, 2007 (Nancy Pastor / The Washington Times)
