The late pontiff wrote a final letter to his biographer nine weeks before his death saying the “central motive” of his resignation was “the insomnia that has accompanied me uninterruptedly since World Youth Day in Cologne” in 2005.
Pope Benedict XVI suffered from insomnia and exhaustion, papal biographer says
Readers offered journey through the theological life of the retired pope
Peter Seewald’s interview of Pope Benedict offers readers a journey through the theological life of the retired pope.