“I would like to ask all of you for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict [XVI], which quietly sustains the church. “Remember him, he is very sick, asking the Lord to comfort and support him in this witness of love for the Church until the end,” Francis said. In a court hearing Weekly audience at the Paulo VI Auditorium.
The Pope’s intervention was greeted with applause in the hall.
The Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, confirmed the deterioration of Benedict XIV’s health, noting that “in the last few hours there has been a worsening condition (…) due to increasing senility”.
“Currently the situation is under control and is being monitored by doctors,” the quoted note added. Sermon.
The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis met with Benedict XVI at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery after this morning’s general meeting.
Since resigning as Pope on February 28, 2013, Joseph Ratzinger has lived in the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesia monastery. After announcing his unexpected decision, Ratzinger promised not to interfere in church life, but to devote himself only to prayer and prayer. Worship. Study.
At the age of 85, Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign in 600 years. In a historic decision that many deans misunderstood, he explained in the announcement that due to health problems, he did not feel in a position to respond to the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
Ratzinger, who was elected pope at age 78, is the first German to lead the Catholic Church in centuries and represents the church’s most hard-line line in the succession of Pope John Paul II.
The election of the 265th pope — on the second day of the conclave, April 19, 2005 — was one of the fastest in decades.
(Post updated at 10:58 am)
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