Pizzagate at the Vatican

Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP

In the days leading up to the conclave that would name the 267th pope, Catholic muckety-mucks from the U.S. descended on Rome for a week of networking, schmoozing, and fundraising. “America Week,” as it’s called, had been planned long before the death of Pope Francis, but the timing couldn’t have been better. For the past 12 years, the archconservative wing of the Roman Catholic Church had found itself out of power, frustrated by a pontiff who had restricted use...