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This May 13, 2012, file photo shows Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, of the United States, taking part in an anti-abortion march in Rome. American Cardinal Raymond Burke, a fervent opponent of abortion and gay marriage, was removed by Pope Francis from another top Vatican post on Nov. 8, 2014. The removal of Burke as head of the Holy See's supreme court was widely expected in church circles. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)

Raymond Leo Burke, Catholic cardinal: Yes, church is suffering from ‘man-crisis’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Displaced Iraqi Christian girls who fled with their parents from the Christian village near Mosul province in Iraq, play by their balloons at a temporary shelter for the displaced Christian families in Ankawa, a suburb of Irbil, with a majority Christian population, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Among Christian refugees in Kurdistan, ‘no one is angry at God’

By Oliver Maksan - Catholic News Agency

Iraqi Christians pray during New Year's mass at the Chaldean Mar Gorges Church in Baghdad, Iraq. In Iraq's war-scarred capital, authorities closed commercial streets to vehicles in the city's center as a precaution against possible suicide bombings by militants of the Islamic State terror. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraqi Christians: There’s no going home after rise of Islamic State

By Kevin J. Jones - Catholic News Agency

By aligning with Pope Francis, President Obama can highlight agreement on issues with one of the world's most respected figures. (Associated Press)

President Obama sees Pope Francis as political ally

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2009 file photo, tourists visit the Great Mosque of Cordoba in southern Spain. The regional government of southern Andalusia is protesting what it says are moves by the Catholic Church to downplay or eliminate references to the Islamic past of Cordoba's ancient Mosque-Cathedral, one of Spain's leading tourist attractions.The region’s tourism department says the practice by church authorities who own the complex of calling it simply “The Cordoba Cathedral” on its web site and on pamphlets and tickets could hurt tourism and confuse the 1 million-plus tourists who annually visit the “mezquita” (mosque), as it is known popularly. The tourism department said Monday Dec. 15, 2014 it had sent a letter seeking a meeting with the church. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Spain church criticized over Cordoba monument name

By Ciaran Giles - Associated Press