Quote Originally Posted by wiggin View Post
Hazir, I think it's silly to suggest he 'sent the wrong message to women' from the whole monastery thing. But it's not even remotely unreasonable to suggest that Benedict has been planning this for a while, which was the motivation behind relocating the nuns and renovating the place. It doesn't really bother me, though.
I doubt that some random PR guy in the US has been following the Papacy so closely that they picked up on that in combination with the announced resignation.

As it happened the building was vacated by the nuns, because it was used in rotation by different orders. While it was empty its designation was changed.