Head injury not tied to pope resignation
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February 15, 2013, Friday
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POPE Benedict XVI hit his head during his March 2012 trip to Mexico, The Vatican said yesterday, but denied the accident had any "relevant" role in his resignation.
It was the latest revelation of a hidden health issue to emerge from the Holy See since the pope's shock announcement, and adds to questions about the gravity of the pontiff's condition. On Tuesday, the Vatican said for the first time that Benedict, 85, has a pacemaker, and that he had its batteries replaced just three months ago.
Italy's La Stampa newspaper said yesterday that Benedict hit his head and bled when he got up in the middle of the night in an unfamiliar bedroom in Leon, Mexico. The report said blood stained his hair and sheets.
Vatican spokesman the Reverend Federico Lombardi confirmed the incident but said "it was not relevant for the trip, in that it didn't affect it, nor in the decision" to resign.
The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano said earlier in the week that Benedict had taken the decision to resign after the Mexico-Cuba trip.
It was the latest revelation of a hidden health issue to emerge from the Holy See since the pope's shock announcement, and adds to questions about the gravity of the pontiff's condition. On Tuesday, the Vatican said for the first time that Benedict, 85, has a pacemaker, and that he had its batteries replaced just three months ago.
Italy's La Stampa newspaper said yesterday that Benedict hit his head and bled when he got up in the middle of the night in an unfamiliar bedroom in Leon, Mexico. The report said blood stained his hair and sheets.
Vatican spokesman the Reverend Federico Lombardi confirmed the incident but said "it was not relevant for the trip, in that it didn't affect it, nor in the decision" to resign.
The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano said earlier in the week that Benedict had taken the decision to resign after the Mexico-Cuba trip.
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