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December 17, 2011

Wash. Post: Pope heads into busy Christmas season tired, weak, raising questions about future

by Nicole Winfield
The Washington Post

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI seems worn out.

People who have spent time with him recently say they found him weaker than they'd ever seen him, seemingly too tired to engage with what they were saying. He no longer meets individually with visiting bishops. A few weeks ago he started using a moving platform to spare him the long walk down St. Peter's Basilica.

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