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Pope Francis “prays” for Benedict XVI, “seriously ill”

2022-12-28T10:09:04.272Z


The former German pontiff, who resigned from the papal office in 2013, is now 95 years old. Pope Francis announced on Wednesday that his predecessor Benedict XVI was "seriously ill" and that he was praying for him. “I would like to ask you all a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict. To keep his memory alive, because he is gravely ill, to ask the Lord to console and sustain him,” the pope said during the general audience. 🔴 At the end of #GeneralAudience, Pope Francis asks for a sp


Pope Francis announced on Wednesday that his predecessor Benedict XVI was "seriously ill" and that he was praying for him.

“I would like to ask you all a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict.

To keep his memory alive, because he is gravely ill, to ask the Lord to console and sustain him,” the pope said during the general audience.

🔴 At the end of #GeneralAudience, Pope Francis asks for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

“He is very sick.

We ask the Lord to console him and support him in this testimony of love for the Church to the end”.



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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, real name Joseph Ratzinger, resigned in 2013 due to failing health and retired to the monastery in the Vatican Gardens.

First pope to renounce in 700 years

After eight years of pontificate marked by multiple crises, Benedict XVI was caught up in early 2022 by the drama of child crime in the Church.

Questioned by a report in Germany on his management of sexual violence when he was Archbishop of Munich, he broke his silence to ask for “pardon”, but assured that he had never covered up a child criminal.

His renunciation, announced in Latin on February 11, 2013, was a personal decision linked to his declining strength and not to the pressure of scandals, had assured the former pope.

With this gesture, unprecedented in 700 years, the first German pope in modern history paved the way for his successors whose strength would come to decline.

The 85-year-old Pope Francis himself left the possibility “open”.

Source: leparis

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