The Briefing 10-01-15

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1) Planned Parenthood congressional hearing exposes limits of politics on moral issues

The GOP Is Overmatched, The Federalist (David Harsanyi)

2) Pope meeting with Kim Davis underlines quandary of Francis' desire to appeal to everyone

Pope Francis Met With Kim Davis, Kentucky County Clerk, in Washington, New York Times (Laurie Goodstein)

Pope Francis isn't a liberal. He's something more radical: a Christian humanist., The Week (Peter Weber)

Kim Davis met with Pope Francis for 10 minutes, received a rosary, CNN (Ed Payne and Daniel Burke)

What it means that Pope Francis met Kim Davis, Crux News (John L. Allen, Jr.)

Relax, Pope Francis’s meeting with Kim Davis isn’t such a big deal, Washington Post (James Martin)

How Pope Francis Undermined the Goodwill of His Trip and Proved to Be a Coward, Huffington Post (Michelangelo Signorile)

3) Pope's political messaging consequence of sacramental division of practice and doctrine

A Politicized Pope, Wall Street Journal (Daniel Henninger)