"Conclave-Themed Bachelorette Party"

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Before last week, I would have felt safe predicting that the phrase “conclave-themed bachelorette party” would never occur in the natural world. But then again, that was last week.

This week, instructions from Slate:

As they get to know their assigned cardinals, encourage attendees to give speeches and mingle with one another — that’s how the real camp…