(CNN)-- When my colleague and friend, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy See Press Office, told me to come quickly to Rome to assist him, I understood that help was needed in dealing with a deluge of media requests in the aftermath of the pope's surprise resignation announcement on February 11. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Mr. Ambtman is a virtual unknown to most people outside Liberal Party and some other political circles, but his performance at a media conference following Dr. Swann's resignation announcement gave him an opportunity to show off some of his respectable speaking skills to the media. (daveberta.ca)
(CNN)- Hours after Pope Benedict XVI's resignation announcement Monday, speculation was surging over who might be his successor and what part of the world the new pontiff could be from. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)