Tradition, reform, or something entirely new? The new pope’s choice of name will speak volumes before he says a word. The facade of St. Peter’s Basilica and the central balcony known as the Loggia of ...

When I was pregnant, I wanted to put Olive and Elsie, my grandmothers’ names, on the list of possibilities for the baby. But both old-fashioned monikers seemed like true outliers at the time (and ...