John L. Allen Jr.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, centre, attends Pope Francis’ Mass with new cardinals in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in August 2022. Also pictured are Cardinals Mario Grech and Konrad Krajewski. Photo: CNS In the summer of 1971, no question before the US Supreme Court was as contentious as the Pentagon Papers case, in which the Nixon administration sought to prevent The New York Times and The Washington Post from publishing a classified report on the Vietnam War. In a 6-3 decision, the court eventually upheld the right…
