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Politics
The next pope has an extraordinary crisis to deal with
Damian Thompson
He moved fast – and broke things
Luke Coppen
He penned not a new symphony, but a violent cacophony
Ed Condon
Is Middle America in a crisis of faith?
Daniel Lee
Catholicism
The danger is that a Pope Parolin’s Chinese allies would increase their grip on the Vatican, whose computers they have already hacked