John L. Allen Jr.
Vatican can’t blame the media for spin cycles around Becciu
Pope Francis lights the paschal candle at the start of the Easter Vigil in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 3, 2021. Photo: CNS
Letter from Rome Suppose that earlier this week, when plans for what eventually happened were confirmed, the Vatican Press Office had issued something like the following statement. “Pope Francis usually celebrates the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday outside the Vatican with vulnerable and excluded people, expressing the Lord’s special love for them.…