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The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church astonished the world when they suddenly elected a new pope on May 8 in just four ballots and little more than 24 hours. Christopher White can claim a similar achievement with “Pope Leo XIV: Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy.” In scarcely six weeks he has written a marvelous account of the dizzying weeks that followed Pope Francis’ death the day after Easter.