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In this Feb. 11, 2017, file photo, pro-choice counterprotesters hold signs supporting a woman's right to choose abortion, as nearby anti-abortion activists held a rally in front of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, in Denver. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Planned Parenthood demands presidential debate moderators 'fact-check' Trump on abortion

In this Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, Cardinal George Pell arrives at the County Court in Melbourne, Australia. Pell, Pope Francis' former finance minister, will soon return to the Vatican during an extraordinary economic scandal for the first time since he was cleared of child abuse allegations in Australia five months ago, a newspaper has reported, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)

Church says Cardinal Pell returning to Vatican in crisis

The Universal Peace Federation hosted a worldwide virtual 'Rally of Hope.' (screenshot)

Faith, political leaders meet virtually for second 'Global Rally of Hope'

In this March 2, 2018, photo, Pastor Franklin Graham speaks during a funeral service at the Billy Graham Library for the Rev. Billy Graham, who died last week at age 99 in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) **FILE**

Evangelicals to rally on National Mall Saturday

Religious groups criticize 'faith test' for Supreme Court seat

President Donald Trump arrives to speak to a campaign rally at Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Moon Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Archbishop Vigano: Trump faces 'biblical challenge' against 'demonic forces of ... New World Order'

President Donald Trump listens as Attorney General William Barr speaks during a meeting with Republican state attorneys general about social media companies, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to sign executive order requiring all babies born alive to get medical care

U.S. Attorney General William Barr arrives to speak with federal officials for a panel discussion on combatting human trafficking at the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Religion 'under siege' and the consequences are 'dire,' AG Barr says at Catholic Prayer Breakfast

More than a dozen pending federal cases on rights and restrictions to abortion only indirectly concern the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling and could soon be appearing on the Supreme Court's docket. (Associated Press)

Overturning Roe v. Wade ruling not only way to end legal abortion access, experts say

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden departs after attending mass at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Majority of Catholics disapprove of Trump, back Biden, congressional Dems: Poll

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, left, gives communion while celebrating Easter Mass, which was live streamed, at St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, Sunday, April 12, 2020. Christians around the world are celebrating Easter at a distance, with many churches closed and family gatherings canceled amid wide-ranging shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ** FILE **

Catholic archbishop rips San Francisco's 'one person' prayer rules: 'They openly discriminate'

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, left, and Archbishop-elect Nelson J. Perez, right, share a happy moment after they embraced during the press conference announcing Perez as the Archbishop-elect of Philadelphia on Thursday, January 23, 2020. (Michael Bryant/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP) ** FILE **

Former Philadelphia archbishop praises AG Barr: 'He's disliked by all the right people'

In this Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, Pope Francis poses for photographs with British Bishop Paul Mason, left, as they hold statues of Our Lady of Lujan, the original held at right, and its replica, left, at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican. Pope Francis is giving his blessing to a new Vatican think tank that is seeking to prevent the Mafia and organized crime groups from exploiting the image of the Virgin Mary for their own illicit ends. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis seeks to 'liberate' Virgin Mary from the Mafia

As students return to classrooms this fall, President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden are laying out vastly different visions for education policies in America. (Associated Press)

Divide line stark between Trump, Biden on education

Maverick Stow, a 17-year-old senior at William Floyd High School who was suspended and then arrested after defying distance learning rules, has been suspended for the rest of the school year. (Screen grab via WABC)

N.Y student who defied distance learning suspended for entire school year

A Jew blows a shofar, ram's horn, while others pray as they perform Tasklikh, a Rosh Hashanah ritual for casting sins upon the waters, in front of the Mediterranean sea, in Ashdod, Israel, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. Tasklikh is when Jews symbolically throw their sins into moving water during the New Year holiday of Rosh Hashana. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Los Angeles County slammed for 'outrageous' crackdown on Rosh Hashanah gatherings

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and President Donald Trump stand to depart the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Israel deal bolsters Trump bid to expand Jewish support

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden departs St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Biden was attending a Confirmation Mass for his grandaughter Natalie Biden. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden can't count on Catholic vote as traditionalists swing to Trump

This May 7, 1945, file photo shows emaciated prisoners at one of the largest Nazi Concentration camps at Evensee Austria, in the Austrian Alps. (AP Photo, File)

Holocaust survey finds lack of knowledge of atrocity among millennials, Gen Z

Jesus statue that's 90 years old destroyed at St. Patrick's Cathedral in El Paso: 'I am in shock'

Pope Francis shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden as he takes part at a congress on the progress of regenerative medicine and its cultural impact, being held in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Friday, April 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ** FILE **

Joe Biden ripped by CatholicVote; $9.7M ad campaign says Dem kneels for 'leftist mob' on abortion

This image released by Netflix shows the cast of the coming-of-age film "Cuties," streaming Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Netflix via AP) ** FILE **

'Cuties' controversy entangles Obamas as pressure grows to pull 'child porn' Netflix film

Trump, DeVos raise school choice in appeal to vexed parents

Grace Community Church Pastor John MacArthur has waged a legal battle with Los Angeles County over its novel coronavirus shutdown orders preventing indoor worship. (Photo courtesy of John MacArthur)

L.A. court clears way to shut down megachurch's indoor worship

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attends an event with President Donald Trump on the environment at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: Miami-area counties can resume in-person learning

In this file photo, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health experts, Muntu Davis, Health Officer, left, and Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer answer questions regarding the measles response and the quarantine orders during a news conference in Los Angeles Friday, April 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

L.A. County health director: Schools likely won't reopen 'until after the election'

This Friday, March 22, 2019, file photo shows the Department of Justice Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

DOJ backing Indiana Archdiocese over firing of gay teacher

Grace Community Church Pastor John MacArthur has waged a legal battle with Los Angeles County over its novel coronavirus shutdown orders preventing indoor worship. (Photo courtesy of John MacArthur)

Court bars defiant Grace Community Church from holding indoor worship

Church and steeple (Associated Press file image) ** FILE **

WWJD: Evangelicals, Catholics split on whether Jesus would vote for Trump or Biden

Maverick Stow, a 17-year-old student at William Floyd High School in Long Island, was reportedly arrested Thursday after trying to attend in-person classes as an act of protest. (Screen grab via NBC New York)

N.Y. high schooler Maverick Stow arrested after showing up for class in protest

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