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The man, dressed humbly in a simple black shirt, wears his hair just long enough to be tied back at the nape of his neck. He’s no young man, perhaps a decade younger than Lawrence himself at most, but his eyes possess a boyish lucidity. It’s a sombre time; everyone wears a similar gloom in their eyes. But those who grieve with particular anguish recognise one another. It is the grief of mourning a man rather than a symbol. Perhaps it is not so much recognition, but a quiet attraction—like a moth drawn to a flame. (Years ago, Vincent Benítez resigned from his post after a surgery in Geneva. A month ago, Thomas Lawrence resigned as Cardinal Dean. Two strangers meet in Vatican City, following the death of the late Pope, grappling with grief, guilt, and sorrow—together.)

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