John L. Allen Jr.
Students at in the US canvass a hall looking over information on 12 potential candidates for the next pope so they can cast their own vote during a mock election. Photo: CNS. By now, Pope Francis has denied that he’s on the brink of resigning so often that it’s virtually become part of his verbal “Greatest Hits” collection, akin to his rhetoric on the evils of clericalism or the dignity of migrants. Although he’s 85 and suffering from acute pain in the right knee related to osteoarthritis,…
