First Links — 4.25.14

What Pope John Paul II Could Have Learned from Sinead O’Connor
Michael Brendan Dougherty, the Week

How Airbnb and Lyft Finally Got Americans to Trust Each Other
Jason Tanz, Wired

Orthodox, Celibate, Gay, and That’s OK
David Benkof, the Times of Israel

The Single Life: Where Do We Go From Here?
Carissa Mulder, Public Discourse

The Case for Divorce Reform
William J. Doherty, Family Studies

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