Pope Benedict XVI

This hour, we open the phone lines to our listeners to react to the suprise announcement this week that Pope Benedict XVI would resign at the end of this month.What’s next in papal succession and what, if anything, does it mean for American Catholics? Guests include NPR senior European correspondent Sylvia Poggioli; Fritz Bauerschmidt, chair of the department of theology at Loyola University Maryland; and David Cloutier, professor of theology at Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg.