VATICAN CITY
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By Inés San Martín
Vatican correspondent February 16, 2015

ROME — A consistory week in Rome, when a pope creates new cardinals, is a bit like the Iowa caucuses of the Catholic Church. All the heavy-hitters of both parties are gathered in one place at one time, followed around by media scrums eager to collect the next explosive soundbite.

Much can be learned about the cardinals, new and old, from what they say during those days, but the overload and multiplicity of languages makes it hard to keep track of it all.

Want proof? Consider that US Cardinal Raymond Burke told a French TV outlet last week that he’s ready to “resist” Pope Francis on divorce and gay marriage, and it barely made headlines.

Here, then, is a sampling of the sights and sounds of consistory week 2015, which featured a meeting of the pope’s…