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** FILE ** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, following her lunch with President Barack Obama. Pelosi was asked several questions about the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama gives Pope Francis-blessed rosary to Pelosi

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Immigration rights activists, right, protest as Customs and Border Patrol agents stand at the port of entry after Cardinal Sean O'Malley, leader of the Boston Archdiocese, led mass, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Nogales, Ariz. A delegation of Roman Catholic leaders celebrated Mass along the U.S.-Mexico border to raise awareness about immigration and to pray for policy changes. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Bishops celebrate Mass along Mexico border

By BRIAN SKOLOFF - Associated Press

In this March 26, 2014, photo provided by Catholic Coalition of Immigrant Rights, Pope Francis touches 10-year-old Jersey Vargas, who traveled to the Vatican from Los Angeles to plead with him to help spare her father from deportation, during a public audience at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. Her father, Mario Vargas, in the United States illegally, had been in federal custody and faced possible deportation. After speaking with Francis, Mario Vargas was released on bond from immigration detention, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Friday, March 28, 2014. Jersey Vargas was part of a California delegation that sought to encourage the Vatican to prod President Obama on immigration reform. (AP Photo/Catholic Coalition of Immigrant Rights)

Girl talks to pope on immigration, then dad freed

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press