The Editors

Commonweal covers the early days of the pope from Chicago.

Baldelomar lent his expertise to listeners engaging with Church affairs for the first time in the midst of a historic papal transition.

Even the most-informed Vaticanologists, O'Reilly writes, ultimately have no clue who will step out onto the loggia of St. Peter’s Square in just a few days.

Commonweal contributor Prof. Dan Rober joined WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show to discuss Pope Francis’s love of film, the upcoming conclave, what cardinals might be looking for in a future pope, and Catholicism’s contemporary culture wars.