Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, conscious and stable but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said after it revealed that the 95-year-old's health had deteriorated recently.
— Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, conscious and stable but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday, a day after it
recently. A statement from Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Pope Francis asked for continued prayers"to accompany him in these difficult hours."On Wednesday Francis revealed that Benedict was"very ill" and went to see Benedict at his home in the Vatican Gardens where he has lived since retiring in 2013, sparking fears that he was near death.
Former Pope Benedict, right, is greeted by Pope Francis during a ceremony to mark his 65th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood at the Vatican on June 28, 2016.Responding to that call, the diocese of Rome scheduled a special Mass in honor of Benedict on Friday at St. John Lateran, Benedict's former basilica in his capacity as the bishop of Rome.
People look postcards showing Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in Rome, near the Vatican, December 28, 2022.Another visitor to the square, Anna Małcka, noted Benedict's advanced age and wished him well."I think by now he has lived about long enough, poor thing, and since he is sick, he is not well, if God wishes, he will take him away," she said.
An October 19, 2014 file photo shows Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI arriving in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to attend the beatification ceremony of Pope Paul VI.Francis had a seemingly routine day of audiences Thursday, meeting with his ambassador to Madagascar, the commander of the Swiss Guards and a fellow Jesuit.In the square, the line of tourists waiting to get into St.
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