On the morning of his election, Ratzinger had breakfast with four cardinals from Asia and Africa and also Roger Mahony of Los Angeles. At breakfast, and throughout all the meetings leading to the conclave, Ratzinger was able to address each cardinal by name and spoke to them in shared languages, according to Mahony.
The slime trail always leads to Mahony.
After yesterday I thought I'd heard the worst of the news. I guess not.