shepard: we now have a situation known as the empty seat. so the call officially goes out to all those cardinals to get ready to elect a successor. they have already been thinking about that before pope benedict xvi, now pope emeritus, left the vatican today. he will spend his final in prayer, and probably in intellectual pursuits. his mind reportedly is crisp and his past library will be transferred to what is ultimately his. home. and can enjoy fantastic gardens, fish guards, and cats, which he loves, and there s said to be a billiards room there, but said not to be of interest to the pontiff. and hoping to spend time playing piano and the last few weeks he