First Links—4.21.15

Will Pope Francis Break the Church?
Ross Douthat, The Atlantic

The Roots of a Reforming Conservatism
Yuval Levin,  Modern Age

A Revolutionary Yemen
Bilal Zenab Ahmed, Jacobin

No Marriage Is an Island
Eve Tushnet, American Conservative

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