In the February 24 edition of The Washington Post, a commentary by Thomas J. Reese, senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University:

“Five myths about picking a pope”

In the February 24 issue of The Wall Street Journal, a book review by Laura J. Snyder: "A Man Who Shaped Our World"

The book is  "The King of Infinite Space"  by David Berlinski, Basic, $24, 172 pages.   The review makes reference to Hungarian mathematician János Bolyai, a native of Transylvania.

In the February 25 issue of The Wall Street Journal, a book review by Sudha Koul: "India's Founding Fathers"

The book is  "Righteous Republic"  by Ananya Vajpeyi,  Harvard,  $39.95,  342 pages.