Religion_Belief

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The Conservative Blueprint for Protecting the Constitutional Rights of Inventors cover (March 16, 2015)

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Tyler Callaghan, of Saint Joseph's College, runs the 40-yard dash during an NFL regional combine on Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles)

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Charles Hunter, of Texas Christian University, runs through drills during an NFL Regional Combine on Sunday, March 8, 2015, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles)

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Student protesters struggle to break a police human-chain during a student protester ahead of a crackdown in Letpadan, 140 kilometers (90 miles) north of the country's main city Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday March 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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Above: a school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia named after Muhammad ibn Abdel-Wahhab, the 18th-century cleric whose intolerant brand of Islam ("Wahhabism") is the state religion of the kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

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Vice President Joe Biden pauses while addressing the Human Rights Campaign Spring Equity Convention in Washington, Friday, March 6, 2015. Biden said the same human rights that African Americans fought for in Selma, Alabama, are at stake for gay rights activists today. Biden is drawing parallels between the civil rights and gay rights movements in a speech to the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Cardinal Edward Egan, right, applauds Archbishop Timothy Dolan during Dolan's Mass of Installation Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The former Milwaukee archbishop is taking over the most visible American job in the Roman Catholic Church and the nation's second-largest diocese after Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, Pool)

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The "Risen Balloon" bears a smiling portrait of Jesus Christ, and will take an inaugural flight at Easter time. (Image courtesy of Sky Sail Balloons and The Joyful Noiseletter)

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Thai Buddhist monks pray and gather at Wat Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province to participate in Makha Bucha Day ceremonies Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Makha Bucha, a religious holiday that marks the anniversary of Lord Buddha's mass sermon to the first 1,250 newly ordained monks 2,558 years ago.(AP photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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A deal to curb Iran's nuclear programs and ease economic sanctions on Tehran would be seen as "extremely positive" by Pakistan and many other countries in the region, Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S. Jalil Abbas Jilani told a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor just an hour before the Israeli leader began speaking on Capitol Hill.

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Acrobats performs for children of foreign migrant workers during a Purim party in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, which is read in synagogues. Other customs include: sending food parcels and giving charity; dressing up in masks and costumes; eating a festive meal; and public celebrations. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades and other Islamic militias hold a demonstration on Sept. 21, 2012, against a film and a cartoon denigrating the Prophet Muhammad in Benghazi. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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In this Feb. 11, 2015 photo, Chris Gernetzke, a seminarian from Evansville, Wis., adjusts his collar and cassock in his dorm room at The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, in St. Paul, Minn. Faced with a surging number of seminarians, the Madison Catholic Diocese is turning to its parishioners to help fund the training of priests. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King)