How Pope Leo XIV became the conclave's stealth candidate
VATICAN CITY — Hours before the cardinals, chanting in procession, entered the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday for the start of the conclave, a telling aside occurred inside St. Peter's Basilica. A senior cardinal, seen on camera, offered 'good luck' — twice — to the man widely seen as the front-runner to be next pope: the Italian prelate Pietro Parolin.
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