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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