Cardinal Timothy Dolan has said he hopes there will be “a clarification” of the Pope’s “beautiful” remarks to a gay man. Cardinal George Alencherry has no case to answer over a controversial land deal, Kerala’s High Court has ruled. Cardinal Robert Sarah will be responsible for announcing the name of the next pope after becoming proto-deacon of the College of Cardinals. Rocco Palmo says that next weekend Francis will become the first pope to meet “clerics who have themselves been victims” of abuse. Sandro Magister suggests there are “serious divisions” inside the Vatican on Chile and Venezuela. Fr Raymond de Souza argues that the Pope’s comments on homosexuality are part of “a shadow magisterium”. And Paul Elie reviews Pope Francis: A Man of His Word. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.