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Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump holds a Bible as he speaks during the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's annual fall dinner in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, Pope Francis greets nuns of the Little Sisters of the Poor order during a private meeting at their convent, in Washington. The Little Sisters of the Poor is a religious order that is suing the Obama administration over a requirement in the Affordable Care Act that employers provide health insurance that covers birth control. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)
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Pope Francis blesses the Eucharist at the Canonization Mass of Blessed Junipero Serra on Wednesday in Washington. (Associated Press)
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Part of Pope Francis' Wednesday mass involved pieces of the newly sainted Junipero Serra. (Associated Press)
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mass crowd: Pope Francis arrives in the popemobile at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Wednesday for the canonization Mass for Junipero Serra.
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American Catholics are "concerned that efforts to build a just and wisely ordered society respect their deepest concerns and the right to religious liberty," Pope Francis told President Obama at the arrival ceremony in his honor at the White House. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on Islam and the presidency by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Membership chart of the Presbyterian Church (USA), courtesy of Layman.org.
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Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, center, greets Pope Francis at the Midday Prayer of the Divine with more than 300 U.S. Bishops at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via AP)
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Pope Francis speaks to bishops during the midday prayer service at the Cathedral of St. Matthew in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (Mark Wilson/Pool Photo via AP)
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Vice President Joe Biden, right, leans back to talk with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, left, and other members of the Catholic leadership as they all wait for Pope Francis to arrive before the start of the State Arrival on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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National Edition Opinion cover for September 23, 2015 - Chopping up Christians in the Middle East (Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times)
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Religious Liberty Under Assault: Reversing the Global War Against Faith cover (September 23, 2015, edition of The Washington Times)
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The press and public have different interpretations of the historic visit of Pope Francis. (Associated Press)
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Man stands in front of Christian Bible school bombed in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. (AP Photo/Ryan Boyette)
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A boy praying at the grotto of the Virgin Mary in the Church of Saint Joseph of Ankawa. Copyright Aid to the Church in Need
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Illustration on ISIS slaughter of Christians in Iraq and Syria by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Pope Francis travels in a Fiat 500L as his motorcade makes its way to Washington. (Associated Press)
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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women holds a chicken during the Kaparot ritual, in which it is believed that one transfers one's sins from the past year into the chicken, in the Ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. The ritual is performed before the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Tuesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)