Before Smoke Rises at Vatican, It’s Romans vs. the Reformers
Laurie Goodstein and Elisabetta Povoledo of The New York Times examine the divisions among the cardinals deciding who will be the next pope. “The main divide pits the cardinals who work in the Vatican, the Romans, against the reformers, the cardinals who want the next pope to tackle what they see as the Vatican’s corruption, inefficiency and reluctance to share power and information with bishops from the world,” Goodstein and Povoledo write.