John L. Allen Jr.
Pope Francis leads the
Angelus from the window
of his studio overlooking St
Peter’s Square. Photo: CNS. Presumably, when the prosecutors in the Vatican’s “trial of the century,” pivoting on a failed $400 million land deal in London, rang in the New Year a few days ago, like everyone else, they wished one another a happy 2022. They may have actually said “happier,” because, let’s face it, 2021 didn’t go particularly well…
