"There isn't a dead pope this time, " said Mr. Gammarelli, whose shop near Rome's Pantheon displays three cassocks in thewindow made expressly for the next pope (in small, medium and large).
"I think we've got someone who can navigate this ship through choppy waters, " Mr. Darakjy said moments after watching Pope Francis make his first public appearance at thewindow of St.
"Pope Benedict took a few, tiny, window-dressing steps toward resolving the crisis, " said Kristine Ward, chairwoman of the National Survivor Advocates Coalition, a support group for victims of sexual abuse.