I think you have to ask the question why is he so fatigued? And I think at least part of that picture is that he has spent much of the last eight years frustrated that his efforts to be a teaching pope... have been hampered by a kind of endless series of crises and controversies.
Allen discusses the challenges Pope Benedict faced during his papacy.
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