Conclaves, plots, and papal health scares

A preview of veteran Vatican journalist Maria Antonietta Calabrò's new book

Maria Antonietta Calabrò is one of the most prolific Italian journalists covering the Vatican. For years, she has been on the front line covering stories like the Secretariat of State’s financial scandal, the workings of the city state’s tribunal, and maneuverings of papal conclaves.

When Calabrò has something to write, a lot of people — in the Vatican a…