(In this photo taken on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, left, listens to Cardinal Timothy Dolan as they gather in St. Peter's Basilica to attend a vespers celebration at the Vatican. The Vatican insists that the cardinals participatingin the upcoming conclave will vote their conscience, each influenced only by silent prayers and reflection. Everybody knows, however, that power plays, vested interests and Machiavellian maneuvering are all part of the game, and that the horse-trading is)
