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'Shame, shame': Franklin Graham compares Republicans voting for impeachment to betrayal of Christ

Joanne Rogers, widow of TV's famed Mister Rogers, dies at 92

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner speaks during a press conference at Western Avenue Elementary School, Wednesday, June 5, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Scott Varley/The Orange County Register via AP) **FILE **

Los Angeles students must get COVID-19 vaccine, superintendent says

In this file photo dated Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, Pope Francis holds his pastoral staff as he arrives to celebrate Mass, at St. Peter's Basilica. Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, while reaffirming they cannot be priests. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, FILE)

Pope says women can read at Mass, but still can't be priests

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'Hello, my wonderful social justice warriors': School sued over critical race theory instruction

CNN's Chris Cuomo refers to Sen. Marco Rubio as "Bible boy," Jan. 4, 2021. (Image: CNN, "CNN Tonight" video screenshot)

CNN's Cuomo mocks Rubio's faith, calling senator 'Bible Boy' during anti-Trump rant

Donald Trump Jr., speaks as he tapes his speech for the first day of the Republican National Convention from the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

'Insane': Donald Trump Jr. blasts House Democrats' prayer that ended with 'a-woman'

In this June 27, 2018, file photo, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., asks a question of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

'Unbelievable': House Democrat's opening prayer ends with 'amen and a-woman'

A baby is dressed in a Santa hat at a shopping mall in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) ** FILE **

Baby bust: Pandemic to spark biggest fertility declines since 1970s

Pope Francis to skip New Year's ceremonies due to health issue: 'Painful sciatica'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to the media, Wednesday Dec. 30, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pelosi names first female chaplain for Congress

Baptist, Catholic leaders reconcile support for vaccine, opposition to abortion

Women dressed in the traditional clothes of the Sorbs carry the statue of Virgin Mary during a procession in front of the Roman Catholic pilgrimage church in Rosenthal, eastern Germany, Monday, June 10, 2019. Traditionally on White Monday catholic faithful Sorbs, a Slavic minority near the German-Polish border, celebrate an open-air mass in the small village east of Dresden. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) **FILE**

German Catholic leader open to women ordination

Gov. Charlie Baker speaks after touring the DCU Center as it gears up to be used as a COVID-19 field hospital for the second time on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Worcester, Mass. (Nancy Lane/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Massachusetts expands late-term abortion access with override of Charlie Baker's veto

Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for "to the city and to the world") Christmas' day blessing inside the blessing hall of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Vatican Media via AP) ** FILE **

Pope Francis formally strips Vatican secretariat of state of assets

A volunteer sprays disinfectant in the main hall of St Paul's Parish in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, ahead of Christmas celebrations, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) ** FILE **

Each year 1,000 Pakistani girls forcibly converted to Islam

Bearly recognizable: A child's cuddly friend could be cuttlefish

People arrive for the Sunday 8:30 a.m. service at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, Calif., on Dec. 20, 2020. (Dean Musgrove/The Orange County Register via AP)

California churches lose last-ditch bid to lift worship restrictions for Christmas

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (NIAID-RML via AP) ** FILE **

Pregnant women with COVID-19 in the 3rd trimester unlikely to pass the infection to newborns: Study

The Blue Room of the White House is decorated during the 2020 Christmas preview, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump declares victory in 'War on Christmas'

The Rev. Pat Robertson gestures as he poses a question to Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush during a Presidential candidate forum at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, Oct. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Pat Robertson turns on Trump, urges concession: 'The president ... lives in an alternate reality'

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said it added a section on prejudice to its General Handbook. The handbook is a spiritual guide for the world's 16 million LDS followers. (Associated Press)

Mormons address racism, misinformation in new handbook sections

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot by Dr. Brian Monahan, attending physician Congress of the United States in Washington, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Pelosi: Some 'faith-oriented' Congress members say they 'don't believe in science'

In this March 5, 2019, file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Top pro-life leaders urge Senate to reject Xavier Becerra over 'anti-life, anti-religion' bias

A view of the Nativity in front of St. Peter's Basilica following the Christmas tree and nativity scene lighting ceremony, at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican's 'shocking' Nativity display irks U.S. Catholics

GOP turns to Georgia White evangelicals to save Senate majority

A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Supreme Court sides with Colorado church in COVID-19 challenge

Supporters of President Donald Trump attend a rally at Freedom Plaza, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez) **FILE**

D.C. police chief: 'Potential hate crimes' at churches 'very disturbing'

In this file photo, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Catholic church in D.C. sues mayor over tightened coronavirus rules

Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Mexico's top Catholic bishop OK with civil unions

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