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A young woman with Students for Life holds a sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court prior to the Women's March on Washington Jan. 21. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
The proposed law will end the "annual battle" over Hyde and related measures and "takes out of Obamacare the facilitation and funding of abortion."
China's President Xi Jinping speaks in the house of parliament during his two days state visit to Switzerland, in Bern, Switzerland, on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. (Peter Klaunzer/Pool Photo via AP)
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Hong Kong contributor
"We must never fall into the trap of erroneous Western thinking and judicial independence."
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump wave as they walk with their son, Barron, along Pennsylvania Avenue during the Jan. 20 inaugural parade from the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
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Gerard O’Connell
“I don’t like to anticipate what happens or to judge people in advance.”
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Wyatt Massey
Donning “Make America Great Again” hats, some cheered. Others demonstrated with signs and chants.
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Michael J. O’Loughlin
Francis wrote, "our human family is beset by grave humanitarian crises demanding farsighted and united political responses."
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Michael J. O’Loughlin

Moments before Donald J. Trump took the oath of office, becoming the 45th president of the United States, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York read a brief passage from the Book of Wisdom.

“Give us wisdom, for we are your servants, weak and short lived, lacking in comprehension of judgement and of laws,” the cardinal said, reciting Solomon’s Prayer from the Book of Wisdom. “Indeed, though one might be perfect among mortals, if wisdom, which comes from you, be lacking, we count for nothing.”