You could be right, but I buy the loss of stamina theory. People with heart problems often notice a loss of stamina. I did. Add to that the Pontiff’s age. No wonder he’s tired.
I give him credit for recognizing that he can’t do the job anymore and that it is time to step aside for someone else. I just hope that his successor will be a conservative and a stalwart defender of the faith.
The insiders aren’t shocked despite their claim.
http://www.americancatholic.org/news/pope/popehospitalized/PopeSodano.asp
Sodano is rumored to be behind the Vatileaks as he wanted to get someone else in Bertone’s position before the Pope died.
For all the talk of God leading spirtual paths blah blah blah to picking the Pope it is going to be a war between the Sodano and Bertone factions.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1202259.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/opinion/the-pope-could-still-right-the-wrongs.html?_r=0