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In this Wednesday, June 24, 2015 file photo, Philadelphia's Archbishop Charles Chaput, right, stands next to Pope Francis as they pose for a photo with a delegation from Philadelphia at the end of the pontiff's weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Pope Francis will be traveling to Philadelphia in September to attend the World Meeting of Families. Chaput, the meeting's host, is moving to limit lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Roman Catholics as they try to lobby for a broader role in the event. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

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Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput, center, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, center left, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter listen to a speaker during a news conference Friday, March 7, 2014, in Philadelphia. Vatican officials say Philadelphia is scheduled to host a large gathering of the Roman Catholic church called the World Meeting of Families in September 2015. Chaput, Corbett, Nutter, and others are scheduled to visit Rome this month to invite the pope to the eighth World Meeting of Families. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput, left, shakes hands with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett during a news conference, Friday, March 7, 2014, in Philadelphia. Vatican officials say Philadelphia is scheduled to host a large gathering of the Roman Catholic church called the World Meeting of Families in September 2015. Chaput, Corbett and others are scheduled to visit Rome this month to invite the pope to the eighth World Meeting of Families. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput, listens to a speaker during a news conference Friday, March 7, 2014, in Philadelphia. Vatican officials say Philadelphia is scheduled to host a large gathering of the Roman Catholic church called the World Meeting of Families in Sept., 2015. Chaput and others are scheduled to visit Rome this month to invite the pope to the eighth World Meeting of Families. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput, right, meets with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, center, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter during a news conference Friday, March 7, 2014, in Philadelphia. Vatican officials say Philadelphia is scheduled to host a large gathering of the Roman Catholic church called the World Meeting of Families in September 2015. Chaput, Corbett, Nutter, and others are scheduled to visit Rome this month to invite the pope to the eighth World Meeting of Families. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput, laughs with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, right, and his wife Susan during a news conference, Friday, March 7, 2014, in Philadelphia. Vatican officials say Philadelphia is scheduled to host a large gathering of the Roman Catholic church called the World Meeting of Families in September 2015. Chaput and others are scheduled to visit Rome this month to invite the pope to the eighth World Meeting of Families. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput (left) and Cardinal Justin Rigali, who is retiring as archbishop of Philadelphia, embrace Tuesday during a news conference in Philadelphia, where the Catholic Church has been rocked by accusations of hiding sex-abuse complaints for decades. (AP Photo)

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Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, shown in 2008, will succeed Cardinal Justin Rigali as archbishop of Philadelphia, historically one of the most important posts in the U.S. church. (AP Photo/Will Powers, File)