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Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Chicago Archbishop, right, takes his seat with Mons. Charles Scicluna, Malta Archbishop, and the Rev. Hans Zollner, left, ahead of a press conference on a Vatican summit on preventing clergy sex abuse, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Organizers of Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen survivor-activists who have come to Rome to protest the Catholic Church's response to date and demand an end to decades of cover-up by church leaders. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Catholics sex abuse summit sidesteps role of gay priests

Ukrainian soldiers drive APCs near Urzuf, south coast of Azov sea, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. Ukraine put its military forces on high combat alert and announced martial law this week after Russian border guards fired on and seized three Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine bars entry to Russian males, upping ante in conflict

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A teenager wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, center left, stands in front of an elderly Native American singing and playing a drum in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky is looking into this and other videos from a rally in Washington. (Survival Media Agency via AP) **FILE**

Covington teen cheered by conservatives for Washington Post lawsuit despite legal hurdles

BishopAccountability.org group Director Phil Saviano, left, and Co-Director Anne Barrett Doyle, attend a press conference at the foreign press association in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Ending the silence on sex abuse: Vatican holds summit

In this June 26, 2017, file photo, The Supreme Court is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Supreme Court denies abortion clinic's appeal for Catholic pro-life deliberations

Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at an organizing event Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveils universal child care plan funded by 'Ultra-Millionaire Tax'

Members of the ECA (Ending of Clergy Abuse) organization and survivors of clergy sex abuse pose for photographers outside St. Peter's Square, at he Vatican, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Organizers of Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen survivor-activists who have come to Rome to protest the Catholic Church's response to date and demand an end to decades of cover-up by church leaders. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican has a secret process to deal with priests that father children: Report

Adam Culver, a Cabell County teacher and member of the Cabell County Education Association, records as leaders of the WVEA, AFT-WV and WVSSPA education unions call for a statewide strike beginning tomorrow at a press conference outside of the Senate chamber at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (Craig Hudson/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)

Strike 2: West Virginia teachers walking out again

In this Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, file photo, young American rabbinical students plant olive trees, on the land near the West Bank village of Attuwani, south of Hebron. The students are doing more than visiting holy sites, learning Hebrew and poring over religious texts during their year abroad in Israel. In a departure from past programs that focused on strengthening ties with Israel and Judaism, the new crop of rabbinical students is also reaching out to the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Future rabbis plant with Palestinians, sow rift with Israel

Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks during the Saviours' Day annual convention at the U.I.C. Pavilion in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Louis Farrakhan dings 'Miss Omar from Somalia' for Jewish money apology: 'Sweetheart, don't do that'

Choir members sing worship songs during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter) ** FILE **

Southern Baptists keep faith amid sexual misconduct scandal

This July 12, 2007, file photo shows construction on The Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, Calif. The $190 million building is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, which lost its old cathedral to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The Diocese of Oakland, Calif has released the names of 45 priests, deacons and religious brothers who officials say are "credibly accused" of sexually abusing minors. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, that Oakland's list goes back to 1962 when the diocese was founded. None of the men are currently in the ministry. Of the 45 people named, 20 were priests. Most have been previously identified, but five names have not been in the public domain until now. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Oakland, California, diocese names 45 accused of sexual abuse

Director Francois Ozon holds aloft the Silver Bear grand jury prize for the film "By the Grace of God" after the award ceremony of the 2019 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

French judge refuses to block Catholic sex scandal movie

United States Vice President Mike Pence, Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from left, stand on a podium at a conference on Peace and Security in the Middle East in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. The Polish capital is host for a two-day international conference, co-organized by Poland and the United States. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Israel-Central Europe summit canceled after Polish pullout

Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer In St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks to media during a break in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lawmakers clash on how to implement for paid family leave

Producers of "The Chosen" say faith-based TV fills a need for Christian audiences. (Associated Press/File)

'The Chosen' attracts crowdfunders looking for faith-based TV and a return on investment

In this Feb. 11, 2019, file photo, teachers carry placards as they walk a picket line outside South High School in Denver. Oakland teachers say they will strike starting Thursday, Feb. 21. The union representing the 3,000 teachers announced the walkout Saturday, Feb. 16, making it the latest in a wave of educator activism that has swept the U.S. since last spring. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Oakland teachers announce strike over pay, class sizes

FILE - In this April 23, 2002 file photo Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of the Archdiocese of Washington, waves as he arrives at the Vatican in a limousine. On Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 the Vatican announced Pope Francis defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing Confession. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

Pope Francis defrocks Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

In this file photo, the Rev. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, speaks to reporters on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 about a conference in Louisville, Ky., focusing on homosexuality and how to offer pastoral care to gays. On Feb. 15, 2019, Rev. Mohler issued an apology for having defended a fellow pastor who was accused of covering up sexual abuse of minors. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)

Southern Baptist leader sorry he supported accused pastor

Pedestrians walk through Times Square, Sunday, May 1, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ** FILE **

Focus on the Family to blast live, third-trimester ultrasound in Times Square

In this June 25, 2018, photo, pro-life and anti-abortion advocates demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump holds conference call with pro-life activists over late-term abortion

In this June 23, 2018, file photo, a guard walks by toys placed for migrant children by protesters as they march to Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, in Homestead, Fla. Journalists were given a glimpse Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, of a new expansion at the south-Florida detention facility where nearly 150 teenage migrants sleep in rows of bunk beds in a large windowless room and use portable toilets housed in adjacent tents. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Deportation amnesty for UAC families tucked inside spending bill

Instructors march to Denver Public Schools headquarters to deliver Valentine Day cards Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, in Denver. Teachers walked off their jobs Monday, the first strike by teachers in Denver in 25 years. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Denver teachers reach tentative deal to end strike: Report

Derrick Ingram, 6, (left) and his 8-year-old cousin Thomas Jones place their hands over their hearts and recite the Pledge of Allegiance as fire department chaplain Bobby Herring raises the U.S. flag in Roseboro, North Carolina, on Feb. 8, 2019. The photo of the two boys was posted on social media, where it has become a viral sensation. (Photograph by Bobby Herring)

Viral Roseboro Pledge of Allegiance photo sparks outpouring of praise, patriotism

A man breathes vape from an e-cigarette at a vape shop in London, Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) ** FILE **

Lawmakers want to ban minors from buying e-cigarettes

A teenager wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, center left, stands in front of an elderly Native American singing and playing a drum in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky is looking into this and other videos from a rally in Washington. (Survival Media Agency via AP) **FILE**

Covington Catholic students made no 'offensive or racist statements,' investigation finds

In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, photo, delegates, teachers and school personnel attend a public hearing on education in the House of Delegates chamber in Charleston, W.Va. (Craig Hudson/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)

GOP politician says he wouldn't drown children if they came out as gay, clarifying earlier comment

Abortion opponents hold signs and listen to speakers as they hold a rally on the steps of the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Vermont doubles down on 'no-limits' abortion amid late-term backlash

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, gestures as he speaks, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, at Barnard College in New York, where he called for codifying abortion rights into New York State law. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ** FILE **

Most pro-choice adults oppose late-term abortion, denying newborns care: Poll

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., center, walks through the halls of the Capitol Building in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ben Shapiro: Democratic Party 'replete with anti-Semitism' won't censure Rep. Ilhan Omar

Cast member Chris Pratt arrives at the world premiere of "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part" on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Chris Pratt responds to Ellen Page's attack on his church: 'Nothing could be further from the truth'

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In this image from video provided by Senate TV, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine., speaks on the Senate floor about her vote on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kananaugh, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 in the Capitol in Washington. Sen Shelly Capito, R-W.Va., sits rear left and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., sits right. (Senate TV via AP)

Susan Collins' finest hour

Religious Oppression in China Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

How the Chinese government stifles religious faith

Illustration on the continued need for impartial justice by ALexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why Lady Justice must be blind

Illustration on which side is more responsible for national polarization by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The roots of hyper-polarization

Illustration on the attractiveness of Socialism by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The unthinking and the unobservant

Illustration on anti-Christian bias by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Protecting all Americans from anti-religious hostility

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This Oct. 1, 2017, file photo shows Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington shaking hands with churchgoers at St. Mathews Cathedral after the Red Mass in Washington. Wuerl is defending himself ahead of a forthcoming grand jury report investigating child sexual abuse in six of Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses. He says the report will be critical of some of his actions as Pittsburgh's bishop. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Pennsylvania report identifies more than 1,000 children molested by priests

A woman holds her hands in prayer as she watches Pope Francis on a monitor as people await his arrival on Sept. 26, 2015, in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

God still the co-pilot: U.S. remains the most religious among all Western nations

The Holy Bible. ** FILE **

The Bible remains a 'powerful, transformative tool' in American culture: Poll

Barronelle Stutzman (left), a florist in Washington state, said she considered a plaintiff in her Supreme Court case to be a friend. Justices ordered lower courts to take a new look at Ms. Stutzman's case because of her religious objection to same-sex marriage. (Associated Press/File)

Supreme Court vacates florist's same-sex wedding case

The White House is seen at dusk in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump hosts first Iftar dinner in observance of Ramadan

Baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he could refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because his religious beliefs did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law Monday, June 4, 2018, in Lakewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Colorado baker who won Supreme Court case says he's 'thrilled' with outcome

Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store in Lakewood, Colo., on March 10, 2014. Phillips, who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, argued that his religious beliefs should protect him from sanctions against his business. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Supreme Court sides with Christian baker in same-sex wedding cake case

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Judge: 'In God We Trust' on money isn't religion endorsement

First lady Melania Trump speaks on her initiatives during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 7, 2018, in Washington. The first lady gave her multipronged effort to promote the well-being of children a minimalist new motto: "BE BEST." The first lady formally launched her long-awaited initiative after more than a year of reading to children, learning about babies born addicted to drugs and hosting a White House conversation on cyberbullying. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Melania Trump unveils 'Be Best' agenda to promote children's well-being

President Donald Trump walks out to speak during a "National Day of Prayer" event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 3, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs executive order establishing faith-based office at White House

Boy Scouts plan name change, now with girls soon joining the ranks

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards waves after speaking during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Richards steps down Tuesday, May 1, from the helm of Planned Parenthood, a position she has held for 12 years, and her parting message to fellow women is: Get involved, and don't wait. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Cecile Richards' exit leaves abortion provider Planned Parenthood in disarray

Pedestrians walk past the entrance for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

CDC: Teen mom birth rates hit historic low

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 14, 2013, an embryologist works on a petri dish at the Create Health fertility clinic in south London. Since the first test-tube baby was born more than three decades ago, in vitro fertilization has become a sophisticated process with pricey incubators, specialized techniques and extensive screening. Now, scientists are going back to basics and testing a simpler and cheaper method intended mainly for use in developing countries. (AP Photo/Sang Tan) ** FILE **

More than 71,000 babies born in 2016 from IVF

Pro-life activists converge in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during the annual March for Life. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gathered in Washington for an annual march to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Trump judiciary creates legal landscape to overturn Roe v. Wade, pro-life activists say

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