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Keep It Civil

November 2, 2015

Vol. 213 / No. 13

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Women rally in support of Planned Parenthood on "National Pink Out Day" on the steps of City Hall in Los Angeles Sept. 29. A House measure would give states the authority to defund Planned Parenthood. (CNS photo/Mario Anzuoni, Reuters)
Signs Of the Times

The president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America said on Oct. 13 that the organization’s clinics will no longer accept reimbursement for fetal tissue procured in abortions and provided to researchers. Cecile Richards said the decision was made “to completely debunk” a

SYNODAL BLESSING. Pope Francis begins an event marking the 50th anniversary of the Synod of Bishops in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Oct. 17. The pope outlined his vision for a “listening church.”
Signs Of the Times
Gerard O’ConnellOctober 21, 2015

In his address to the synod on Oct. 17, Pope Francis emphasized the need to give new life to structures of synodality in the local churches worldwide. He confirmed his intention to promote greater “decentralization” in the church and to bring about “a conversion of the papacy.&rdqu

Washington Front
John CarrOctober 21, 2015

Three years after Paul Ryan and Joseph R. Biden debated as vice presidential candidates, Washington is anxiously waiting for them to make anguishing choices about their futures—whether Mr. Ryan will answer his fractured party’s pleas to serve as speaker and whether Mr. Biden has the emot