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Mohammed Emwazi, the British member of the Islamic State group known as Jihadi John, appears in a beheading video released by the terrorist organization. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Gustavo Garcia Siller, archbishop of San Antonio, USA, leaves the altar after receiving the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI, a woolen shawl symbolizing his bond to the Pope, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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Assyrians citizens hold placards during a sit-in for abducted Christians in Syria and Iraq, at a church in Sabtiyesh area east Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. Islamic State militants snatched more hostages from homes in northeastern Syria over the past three days, bringing the total number of Christians abducted to over 220 in the one the largest hostage-takings by the extremist group, activists said Thursday. Arabic on the placard, right, reads, "you can burn the churches but you cannot burn our faiths, and in this faith we will rebuild the churches." (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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An Iraqi Assyrian woman who fled from Mosul to Lebanon holds a placard depicting the map of Iraq and Syria, during a sit-in for abducted Christians in Syria and Iraq, at a church in Sabtiyesh area east Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. Islamic State militants snatched more hostages from homes in northeastern Syria over the past three days, bringing the total number of Christians abducted to over 220 in the one the largest hostage-takings by the extremist group, activists said Thursday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Golden Isles Tea Party member William Temple, of Brunswick, Ga., takes a moment for a portrait on the first day of the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. This event, which is billed as the nation's largest gathering of conservatives, runs Feb. 25-28, 2015. (Photo by Rod Lamkey Jr. for The Washington Times)
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Golden Isles Tea Party member William Temple, of Brunswick, Ga., takes a moment for a portrait on the first day of the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. This event, which is billed as the nation's largest gathering of conservatives, runs Feb. 25-28, 2015. (Photo by Rod Lamkey Jr. for The Washington Times)
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Roma Downey, right, and Mark Burnett introduce episode one of the upcoming NBC series, "A.D. The Bible Continues," on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, to a crowd of faculty and students at the Browning Theater on the University of Notre Dame campus in Notre Dame, Ind. (Al Goldis/AP Images for A.D. The Bible Continues)
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Yasiel Puig relaxes before a spring training baseball workout Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin will be among the speakers as the annual spectacle that is Conservative Action Political Conference kicks off with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance at 8 a.m. Thursday. (Associated Press)
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Samantha Elauf, right, with her mother Majda Elauf stand outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. The Supreme Court is indicating it will side with a Muslim woman who didn't get hired by clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch because she wore a black headscarf that conflicted with the company's dress code to her job interview. Liberal and conservative justices aggressively questioned the company's lawyer during arguments at the high court Wednesday in a case that deals with when an employer must take steps to accommodate the religious beliefs of a job applicant or worker. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Samantha Elauf stands outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. The Supreme Court is indicating it will side with a Muslim woman who didn't get hired by clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch because she wore a black headscarf that conflicted with the company's dress code to her job interview. Liberal and conservative justices aggressively questioned the company's lawyer during arguments at the high court Wednesday in a case that deals with when an employer must take steps to accommodate the religious beliefs of a job applicant or worker. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Ignatius Joseph III Younan, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriac Catholics, leaves a church where displaced Iraqi Christian families, who fled the village of Hamdaniya near Mosul, had taken refuge, in Irbil, Iraq, Sunday, June 29, 2014. Thousands of Iraqi Christians flocked back home Wednesday, days after they fled their villages that came under attack by Sunni insurgents led by the al-Qaida inspired Islamic Sate in Iraq and the Levant, after ruling Kurdish forces told them it was safe to return. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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President Barack Obama speaks during his meeting with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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New input: In upcoming GOP presidential debates, CNN has partnered with Salem Media, the nation's largest Christian and conservative news organization. (CNN)
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Illustration on the need for an Article V Convention of the States by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Two Jordanian men walk past graffiti depicting the flag of the Islamic State group with Arabic that reads, "There is only one God and Muhammad is his prophet," in the city of Ma'an, Jordan. (Associated Press)
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Deacon Sam Bianco places ash on a worshiper's forehead during an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lent, a season of prayer and fasting for Christians before Easter.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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University of Scranton student Christina Drogalis, 21, from Old Forge, Pa., poses in front of a statue, depicting Jesus Christ, on campus, Wednesday, March 19, 2008, in Scranton, Pa. Drogalis, a Catholic and who opposes abortion rights, said she doesn't necessarily think voting for a candidate who is opposed to abortion really will have much effect on laws, so she's weighing a variety of issues. She, too, said she's voting for Obama. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **
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University of Scranton student Christina Drogalis, 21, from Old Forge, Pa., poses in front of a statue, depicting Jesus Christ, on campus, Wednesday, March 19, 2008, in Scranton, Pa. Drogalis, a Catholic and opposes abortion rights, said she doesn't necessarily think voting for a candidate who is opposed to abortion really will have much effect on laws, so she's weighing a variety of issues. She, too, said she's voting for Obama. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Egyptian journalists hold a protest for Christians who were killed in Libya, at the journalists syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. An Islamic State video released on 15 February claimed to show the extremist group beheading 21 Egyptian Christians abducted in Libya more than a month ago. Arabic on the banners read, "a protest to morn the victims of terrorism in Libya," top, " we are not afraid from ISIS terrorism," center. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
