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Pope Francis shakes hands with Senegal's President Macky Sall during a private audience, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

Pope Francis: Man-woman union at ‘root of marriage’

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Left to right, Archbishop Daniel N. DiNardo vice president, of Galveston-Houston, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, president, of Louisville, and the Rev. Ronny Jenkins, general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, lead a general meeting of the conference during its annual fall meeting in Baltimore Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

Catholic Church must respond as a family to modern woes, U.S. bishops president says

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Filipinos pass by a cutout of Pope Francis during a gathering of relatives of missing left-wing activists in Manila, Philippines as they observe All Souls Day on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. The group said they are asking Pope Francis to intercede in seeking justice for their missing loved ones. Having no grave or cemetery to visit, the relatives gather each year, bearing candles and flowers, and demand that the government take steps to produce their loved ones, dead or alive. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Cardinals debate future of Catholic Church, Pope Francis’ leadership

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March, religious groups there are facing persecution and restrictions on their ministry. Catholics, Ukrainian Orthodox of the Kyiv Patriarchate and Muslims are all facing persecution from local authorities, and anticipate that they may have to go underground in January, when laws change. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Muslims, Christians face new crackdown in Crimea

By Sofia Kochmar - Catholic News Agency

An Oklahoma City man has been arrested and sent for mental evaluation after he crashed his car into a Ten Commandments monument outside the Capitol building and blamed it on Satan. (Twitter/Mary Fallin)

Higher Ground: Satanist urinates on religious monument

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, Promise Cooper, 16, Emmanuel Junior Cooper, 11, and Benson Cooper, 15, sit at their St. Paul Bridge home in Monrovia, Liberia. The Cooper children are now orphans, having lost their mother Princess in July, and their father Emmanuel in August. Their 5-month-old baby brother Success also succumbed to the virus in August. Ruth, their 13-year-old sister is being hospitalized with Ebola. The three never fell sick to the deadly disease. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Ebola orphans: Young and old ostracized, orphaned by Ebola

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

Monsignor James D. Watkins, pastor of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church since 2001, celebrate its 150 year anniversary and the extensive renovations of the building. About 250 families belong to the parish. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

In D.C., Immaculate Conception Catholic Church celebrates 150 years with fresh look

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy's first marriage to Joan Bennett, ended in divorce in 1982, with Time nmagazine reporting the marriage was annulled by the Vatican more than a decade later.

Annulments plummet among U.S. Catholics amid fewer marriages, divorces

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Pope Francis kisses a child as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Catholic Church to give ‘priority’ to children of same-sex couples

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times