As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s reforms and vision, or slow things down and make a course correction.

A cardinal predicted that the selection process for the successor to Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88, “will be very short.” As cardinals prepare to kick off the conclave week, Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez of El Salvador told ABC News on Friday that the Vatican is looking for “Francis 2.

For a second season in a row in St. Louis, the Cardinals and Mets had a game wiped out by rain. And for a second time this week, the Cardinals are preparing to play a doubleheader because of inclement weather.

The Saturday game between the New York Mets and the Cardinals in St. Louis was rained out Saturday, with the makeup scheduled for Sunday in a split doubleheader.

The game between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets scheduled for Saturday has been postponed because of rain and will be made up as part of a split doubleheader Sunday

Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo homered and the New York Mets beat St. Louis 9-3 to avoid their first three-game losing streak this season and win their ninth straight game against the Cardinals

Pete Alonso ripped his eighth home run and Brandon Nimmo reached base five times as the Mets cruised to a 9-3 victory over the Cardinals on Friday.

Clay Holmes, converted from closer to starter this past offseason, became the latest Mets hurler to make history on Friday night.