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NY Cardinal Dolan: Electing pope all new to him

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New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan speaks to the press Monday in his residence in New York. Dolan says he was as startled as the rest of the world about Pope Benedict XVI's announcement that he will resign later this month due to failing health.

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New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan says electing a new pope is all new to him since he's still learning what it means to be archbishop. At a news conference Monday, Dolan quipped he was "still writing thank-you notes from when I was made a cardinal" last year.

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