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In a letter to Pope Francis, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., is among the conservative signatories and professors who say marriage appears threatened in the contemporary world. The Synod of Bishops is scheduled to meet on family and marriage issues from Oct. 5-19 at the Vatican.

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This Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 photo Saddleback Church founder and senior pastor, Rick Warren, left, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, Kevin William Vann, right, pose for a photo at the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. Warren will partner with the Roman Catholic Church and the National Alliance on Mental Illness next month for the first event of what they hope will be a sustained project to get faith leaders more involved with mental health issues and advocacy. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )

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This Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 photo, Saddleback Church founder and senior pastor, Rick Warren, left, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, Kevin William Vann, right, pose for a photo at the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. Warren will partner with the Roman Catholic Church and the National Alliance for Mental Illness next month for the first event of what they hope will be a sustained project to get faith leaders more involved with mental health issues and advocacy. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )

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FILE-Cathi Herrod, president of the Center For Arizona Policy, speaks during an Arizona state House of Representatives hearing at the Arizona Capitol, in Phoenix, in this June 10, 2013. Arizona's Republican Gov. Jan Brewer faced intensifying pressure Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, from CEOs, politicians in Washington and state lawmakers in her own party to veto a bill supported by Herrod's group that would allow business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to deny service to gays and lesbians. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks during her State of the State address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. The Republican governor faced intensifying pressure Tuesday from CEOs, politicians in Washington and state lawmakers in her own party to veto a bill that would allow business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to deny service to gays and lesbians. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)