Voters in the Longsight area of Manchester, northwest England, enter a polling station, Thursday Feb. 26, 2026, as voters head to the polls in the Gorton and Denton constituency. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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American politics has poisoned how we think about the pope
Editor’s note, May 7: The papal enclave to replace Pope Francis begins May 7, when the cardinals will assemble and vote on the next leader of the Catholic Church. If there’s one succinct way to describe Pope Francis’s stewardship of the Catholic Church over the last 12 years, it might best be done with three […]

