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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2006 file photo, Cardinal Francis George responds to allegations of sexual abuse by Chicago priest Rev. Daniel McCormack from St. Agatha Church, during a news conference in Chicago. The Archdiocese of Chicago on Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014, will hand over thousands of pages of documents involving clergy sex abuse to victims’ attorneys, who plan to make them public next week as part of a years-long attempt to hold the Church accountable for its handling of abuse allegations. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Church releasing sex abuse files on Chicago clergy

By TAMMY WEBBER and JASON KEYSER - Associated Press

Seattle Archdiocese responds to online protests

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP - Associated Press

Gay Ohio teacher: I knew engagement could cost job

By JOHN SEEWER - Associated Press

Pope Francis waves as he leaves Rome's Jesus' Church to celebrate a mass with the Jesuits, on the occasion of the order's titular feast, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Pope effect: Pontiff inspires top Mass. paper to bolster Catholic coverage

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Columnist Rusty Humphries says when Rush Limbaugh and the other big nationwide conservative talk shows arrived, other forms of conservative media grew with them. (Associated Press)

HARPER: Picking a fight between Rush Limbaugh and the Pope: What a joke!

By Christopher Harper

Pope Francis waves as he arrives at the Spanish Steps to pray at the statue of the Virgin Mary, in central Rome, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013 on the occasion of the Immaculate Conception feast. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis: He’s ‘made Catholicism cool in 2013’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

HENDERSHOTT: Why are Catholics furious?

By Anne Hendershott

Pope Francis waves to faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's Square for the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis forms commission to advise on sex abuse

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Can the ACLU force Catholic hospitals to perform abortions?

By Robert Knight

Pope Francis kisses a child as he arrives in St. Peter's Square for the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

NAPOLITANO: Pope Francis should be saving souls, not pocketbooks

By Andrew P. Napolitano

** FILE ** Rush Limbaugh. (Associated Press)

Rush Limbaugh decries Pope Francis’ ‘pure Marxism’ teachings

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Nov. 11, 2013, photo shows Cardinal Timothy Dolan, of New York, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, delivering remarks at the conference's annual fall meeting in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Cardinal Tim Dolan warns Obama to back off birth control

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Pope Francis takes veiled swipe at ‘progressive’ Democrats

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President John F. Kennedy was the nation's only Catholic president. (Associated Press)

John F. Kennedy: Source of pride, later sorrow for Catholic Church

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Pope Francis is driven away at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Papal outreach: Pope Francis puts out survey to gauge Catholics on gays

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Aug. 17, 2012, file picture, the leader of Poland's Catholic church, Archbishop Jozef Michalik, smiles after signing a milestone document that calls on Poles and Russians to forgive each other past wrongs at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland. Michalik recently came under fierce criticism for appearing to suggest that children are partly to blame for being sexually abused by priests. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland archbishop slammed over sex abuse comments

By Monika Scislowska - Associated Press