Cormac Murphy-O’Connor was involved in the election of two Popes – once as an elector, once as an influential observer. Here, in the second exclusive extract from his memoir, he recalls how Benedict and Francis emerged in response to the Church’s differing needs I  know Rome pretty well. It can occasionally be a place of agitation and heightened emotion. But nothing prepared me for the extraordinary ferment that seemed to have seized the city when I arrived on 4 April 2005. It was an atmosphere of quiet reflection and noisy speculation, of grief and pride and thankfulness, and of fear and hope for the future of the Church. The next morning I went straight into a meeting with the other cardinals. Discussion was dominated by detailed preparations for John Paul II&rsq