R.D. ON J.P. The networks aren't getting it done; CBS isn't even around a good part of the time. Neither are the cable channels, although CNN's got Aaron Brown in Rome and Christiane Amanpour in Krakow, so at least there are some signs of intelligence on the ground.

Then I hit upon New England Cable News, and saw an outstanding retrospective on the pope's life by R.D. Sahl. This is what you want to see. Click here, then poke around. It's right near the top as I write this.