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Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller speaks at Catholic University, Washington, D.C., Monday, November 3, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Trip Lee, born William Lee Barefield III, balances vocations as a Christian rap artist, a pastoral assistant at a D.C. church and a published author with his duties as a husband and father of two, all the while living with chronic fatigue syndrome.
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Sam Turner, a 16-year-old student at Fort Myers High School, was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct after he visibly thanked God for helping him score his first touchdown. (WINK News)
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Doggy Dinosaur costume for Halloween (Image from Costume Express)
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Students at San Diego State University hosted a "s--t in" event last week to protest what they say is a lack of gender neutral bathrooms on campus. (Twitter/@andeedearest)
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This Sept. 19, 2014, photo provided by the Lutheran High School of Sioux Falls, shows a plow blade painted by students from Lutheran High School of Sioux Falls for the city's Paint the Plows program, in Sioux Falls, S.D. The mayor of Sioux Falls says the city won't paint over religious messages that parochial school students put on city-owned snow plow blades unless it is legally forced to do so. (AP Photo/Lutheran High School of Sioux Falls)
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The Rev. Frank Schaefer, who presided over his son's same-sex wedding ceremony, called a Methodist judicial council's decision to uphold his appeal for reinstatement "a small but significant step" toward equality for all within the United Methodist Church. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on ISIS persecution of Christians in Iraq by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Ronald Reagan giving his "A time for choosing" speech in 1964 The Washington Times
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In this June 5, 2014 photo, a group meditates at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass. The Buddhist-influenced center offers silent retreats that allow individuals to take a break from the stresses and demands of daily modern life. The retreats are not entirely silent as there are lectures on Buddhist philosophy, meditation instruction and chanting along with set times for sitting, walking, yoga, working and eating. (AP Photo/ Insight Meditation Society)
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A Republican candidate for state Senate in Washington was slammed for his Catholic views in an anonymous flyer that says he "has always worn his church on his sleeve" and has best represented the people of "the Vatican."
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A new poll shows America's Muslims are feeling increasingly distanced from Republicans. Over two-thirds of Muslims polled say they plan to vote in the November midterm elections, with half of those inclined to vote for Democrat candidates. Twenty-three percent remain unaffiliated or declined to indicate a party affiliation. (Associated Press)
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Even as the Obama administration calls on nations to secure religious freedoms globally, advocates say the effort would get a boost with more action and leadership from the United States itself. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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A statue of early Mormon leaders Joseph and Emma Smith outside the church office building of he Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Scott Sommerdorf, File)
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Illustration on the gradual revelation of the Obama administration's true nature by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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In his address to synod participants, Pope Francis said the church has one year "to mature, with true spiritual discernment, the proposed ideas and to find concrete solutions to so many difficulties and innumerable challenges that families must confront." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan's new president, has said his administration will focus on the underlying causes that lead to corruption in Afghanistan and not solely the symptoms of corrupt activity, a commitment likely to be tested early by the Obama administration decision to disband the corruption task force. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Monica Lewinsky has emerged as a columnist, public speaker and a social media wrangler who attracted 34,000 followers upon registering with Twitter on Monday. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on the Houston sermon subpoenas and government intimidation of religion by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Dallas Catholic Bishop Kevin Farrell speaks to reporters outside the the Diocese of Dallas Catholic Conference and Formation Center, where Louise Troh and family have been staying in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, in Dallas. Officials said that 43 of 48 people on an original watch list had passed the 21-day incubation period for the viral disease and are now in the clear, including Troh and her family. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
