Now, though, as he made his way across the lobby to the elevator, he found to his dismay that although he was receiving some friendly acknowledgement—the occasional pat on the back, a few smiles—this came entirely from the liberal faction. At least as many cardinals who were listed in Lomeli’s file as traditionalists frowned or turned their heads away from him. Archbishop Dell’Acqua of Bologna, who had been at Bellini’s table the night before, called out, loudly enough for the whole room to hear, “Well said, Dean!” But Cardinal Gambino, the Archbishop of Perugia, who was one of Tedesco’s
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