Pope Francis leaves after a Mass for
cardinals and bishops who died in the past year, in St. Peter's Basilica
at the Vatican, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Each year, a few days after All
Soul's Day, a Catholic Church feast commemorating the dead, the pope
says a Mass for deceased prelates.
Perhaps no single thing any pope ever
does is more consequential than the kinds of bishops and Vatican
officials he chooses to appoint, and here's a rundown of some of the
personnel choices Francis may face in 2017.