Word from the Cloisters

09 October 2025, The Tablet

What sort of leadership is needed in an increasingly testy and grumpy world? At the conclave in May, the cardinals of the Catholic Church quickly settled on a seasoned administrator, smart but humble – a modest, circumspect reformer who seems able to get along with those who think he is changing things too slowly and with those who think he is changing things too quickly.

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