White Smoke, Foggy Minds: Does the Conclave Still Matter?

On TV, the world holds its breath. A handful of men in red robes gather behind closed doors, and the planet waits for a sign: black smoke or white smoke? What sounds like a Harry Potter scene is actually the conclave — the election of a new pope. But on a planet with eight billion people, does this still matter that much?

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