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A view of S.Peter Square at the Vatican as Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The Roman Catholic Church enters Holy Week, retracing the story of the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection three days later on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis calls for an Easter truce in Ukraine

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A rising tide churned by a nor'easter breaches the seawall at Eastern Point, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Groton, Conn. A powerful storm has begun barreling up the northeastern U.S. coast, and officials warn it could bring intense flooding and hurricane-force wind gusts. (Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant via AP)

Nor’easter brings hurricane-force wind, causes power outages

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$Protesters objecting to the adoption of the Traditional Plan gather and protest outside the United Methodist Church's 2019 Special Session of the General Conference in St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. America's second-largest Protestant denomination faces a likely fracture as delegates at the crucial meeting move to strengthen bans on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBT clergy. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings) ** FILE **$

LGBTQ advocates renew challenges to religious foster care programs

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

This photo shows a general view of the Peace Bridge, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Buffalo N.Y. Pascale Ferrier, a Canadian woman accused of mailing a package containing the poison ricin to the White House, was taken into custody Sunday, Sept. 20 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Peace Bridge border crossing near Buffalo and is expected to face federal charges Tuesday in Buffalo, New York. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

U.S., Canadian lawmakers make push to reopen long-blocked border

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A consumer wearing a protective face mask carries a lamb at the main meat market of Athens, during Orthodox Holy Week, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece keeps lid on Orthodox Easter events, readies tourism

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The buildings of the banking district stand behind a cross on top of a church in Frankfurt, Germany, on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. For a second year running the COVID-19 pandemic had a major effect on global celebrations of the Easter Holy Week. Many services were held outdoors or behind closed doors, but despite these restrictions the faithful found ways to mark one of the most important times in the Christian calendar. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

AP PHOTOS: Holy Week muted but joyful for world’s Christians

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A health worker administers the COVISHIELD vaccine for COVID-19 at a residential area in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, April 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

The Latest: Montana governor tests positive for COVID-19

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Priests wearing face masks march after Easter Sunday mass, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, April. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

The Latest: Lockdown extended for metro Manila, surroundings

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers his Urbi et Orbi blessing after celebrating Easter Mass at St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican Sunday, April 4, 2021, during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Filippo Monteforte/Pool photo via AP)

Pope Francis slams military spending during pandemic as ‘scandalous’ in Easter message

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Pope Francis leaves after celebrating Easter Mass at St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican Sunday, April 4, 2021, during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Filippo Monteforte/Pool photo via AP)

Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Easter Resurrection Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Easter proclaims that Jesus is Lord of all

By Robert Knight

A woman stands outside her nativity scenes shop along San Gregorio Armeno street in Naples, in the Campania region, Italy, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. The regions of Campania and Tuscany were designated red zone on Friday, signaling the dire condition of a hospitals struggling with a surge of new admissions. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy enters 3-day Easter lockdown amid vaccination snags

By NICOLE WINFIELD and ANDREA ROSA - Associated Press

In this April 6, 2020, file photo, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez celebrates the Chrism Mass via live-stream for the faithful of the nation's largest Catholic Archdiocese in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

California churches seek emergency reprieve from state’s pandemic restrictions

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A police car patrols people walking on the runway of the former Tempelhof airport, that is now a public park, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, April 2, 2021. Due to the coronavirus pandemic only a limited number persons can meet together. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The Latest: Navajo Nation reports 4 new virus deaths

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Priests pause on Palm Sunday on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 28, 2021. A year after coronavirus restrictions halted mass gatherings, Christians are celebrating Holy Week together. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Christians mark Good Friday amid lingering coronavirus woes

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Easter egg hunting for plastic eggs in Illinois. (AP photo / Daily Herald, George LeClaire)

Easter spending by U.S. consumers expected to be highest on record: retail-industry group

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

People watch from the window of their home as participants dressed in black, wearing masks, beating drums and pushing small carts making a synchronized and loud sound take part in an Easter procession marching through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, Thursday, April 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

AP PHOTOS: Czechs hold noisy Easter procession amid pandemic

By PETR DAVID JOSEK - Associated Press

Passengers take selfies on a deck of the MSC Grandiosa cruise ship in Civitavecchia, near Rome, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. MSC Grandiosa, the world's only cruise ship to be operating at the moment, left from Genoa on March 30 and stopped in Civitavecchia near Rome to pick up more passengers and then sail toward Naples, Cagliari, and Malta to be back in Genoa on April 6. For most of the winter, the MSC Grandiosa has been a lonely flag-bearer of the global cruise industry stalled by the pandemic, plying the Mediterranean Sea with seven-night cruises along Italy’s western coast, its major islands and a stop in Malta. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy may be in Easter lockdown, but the party’s on at sea

By MARIA GRAZIA MURRU - Associated Press

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of coronavirus walk in downtown Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Spain is bracing for another potential sharp increase in coronavirus cases. And with the vaccine rollout being outpaced by the new more contagious variant of the virus, authorities are asking for citizens to intensify their precautions to &quot;buy time&quot; for the shots to arrive. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Madrid slows down vaccine jabs over Easter despite govt plea

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Parishioners attend a service presided by Father John Paul Erickson as pews were closed off to allow social distancing and a maximum capacity of 250 at Transfiguration Catholic Church in Oakdale, Minn., on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The church is one of the first Minnesota congregations to offer public worship since houses of worship shut down to prevent the spread of Covid 19. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)

EDITORIAL: Trendy prescriptions are no substitute for enduring convictions

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES