I understand that the

I understand that the voting cardinals who took part in the conclave that elected Benedict XVI as the new pope took an oath of perpetual secrecy about what happened in the conclave. And yet many of them now seem willing to discuss rather precise details of what occurred on the record for the daily papers. I’ll let the canon lawyers decide whether that’s a problem for the cardinals. But it makes for good journalism. This piece out in Thursday’s Post gives one of the first clear narratives of how Benedict came to be chosen.