I am overwhelmed with emotion today as we pray with Pope Benedict for the last time. After Pope John Paul II passed away, I couldn't imagine feeling connected with another Pope. Blessed John Paul was selected as the Pope when I was very young and his Papacy helped form my teen and young adult years. He was one of a kind. Pope Benedict surprised me. At the last conclave, I was in my early 30's with two small children. These years were the years I started my renewal in my Catholic faith. It really began for me after my second child was born and has continued these last nine years. It was only recently that I realized that my re-dedication to the faith coincided with the Papacy of Pope Benedict and saw the important part he played in my spiritual reawakening. After the last conclave, the media reported the ways Pope Benedict was not like Pope John Paul and predicted his disconnect with the faithful. But what they missed were all of the wonderful wa