“I Think Ratzinger Might — Might — Have Become The Next Pope This Morning.”

Peggy Noonan said that in an e-mail to me at 6:23 a.m. on April 8, referring to Cardinal Ratzinger, right after his homily at Pope John Paul II’s funeral Mass.

I told her she was being a wishful thinker. Maybe she’s just in tune with the Spirit.