Pope hit head in past trip

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The Vatican has confirmed a report that Pope Benedict XVI hit his head and bled during a trip to Mexico last year but said the incident had no bearing on his decision to step down. An aide who was on the trip with the 85-year-old pontiff recounted the incident to the Italian daily La Stampa. The Vatican’s official daily, L’Osservatore Romano, this week said the incident during the trip to Mexico and Cuba last March helped the pope make up his mind to step down as leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics.


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