Why shock? As the Pope himself would tell you, it is all the work of the Holy Spirit...God Bless Pope Benedict .Catholics shocked as pope resigns, but little emotion | Reuters

This is not politics as the pseudo-intelligentsia would have you believe...it is faith and the Holy Spirit, working through a man of faith.May the Holy Father's life be as blessed as he has made ours ,and may the Paraclete bring us a worthy successor.
                                                                           The SmartGuy







Catholics shocked as pope resigns, but little emotion | Reuters: "(Reuters) - Catholics reacted with shock on Monday to the sudden abdication of Pope Benedict, although the mood among many was one of respect rather than the outpouring of emotion which greeted the death of his beloved predecessor John Paul II."

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