Recently deceased ex-pope Benedict described years of persistent sleeping troubles as the “main reason” behind his shock decision to step down in 2013, according to a German media report Friday.
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The drugs however “reached their limits”, meaning the ailing German pontiff was less and less available, he said in the letter dated October 28, 2022. It was quickly clear to Benedict that the medical restrictions could only be followed “for a short time”, he wrote, leading him to announce he would step down in 2013 before the next major trip to Brazil.
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