Pope Benedict XVI

died: Recent photo shows him frail and weakened

Created: 12/31/2022, 2:30 p.m

By: Stefanie Fischhaber

On his last photo is Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

very weak to see.

© J.Ratzinger Vatican Foundation/dpa

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

is dead. Despite his poor health, he still received guests.

A photo from early December shows him severely weakened.

Rome - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

died on Saturday (December 31) at the Vatican at the age of 95.

This was announced by a spokesman for the Holy See on New Year's Eve morning.

Recently there have been headlines about the health of the clergyman.

A photo last seen by Benedict XVI.

was taken shows how things were with the emeritus pope.

Pope Benedict XVI

dead: The last photo shows him with the winners of the Ratzinger Prize

For a few weeks now, it has been said that the former Pope is very ill and in poor health.

A photo taken by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in early December.

recorded shows how weak it was recently.

The photo from December 1 shows Pope Benedict XVI.

with Joseph Halevi Horowitz Weiler and Father Michel Fedou in the Mater Ecclesiae monastery in the Vatican, where Benedict XVI.

lives.

Pale and with a sunken face, the priest sits there next to the winners of the Ratzinger Prize 2022.

Increasingly weak and frail: Pope Benedict XVI.

in his last photo

To receive the Ratzinger Prize, the theologians traveled to the Vatican for an audience with the Pope Emeritus.

Weiler and Fedou received the prize, which was named after Benedikt's real name, for their outstanding contributions to scientific and theological discourse.

The fact that the 95-year-old was not in good health can be seen at a glance in the photo.

Despite his ailing health, Benedict XVI.

in his residence over the past few months, however, there have always been visitors.

He was in a wheelchair and appeared increasingly frail in photos.

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As the former Bamberg Archbishop Ludwig Schick announced on Twitter, Benedict XVI.

already difficult to speak and move when they last met in November.

“He could no longer move his body and could not speak.

His mind was wide awake, ”explained Schick.

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On Ratzinger's death, the Archbishop wrote: "His longing for God is now fulfilled." Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron also commented on the death of the Pope Emeritus.

Recently it was reported that the health of the Pope Emeritus was deteriorating.

According to media reports, Ratzinger suffered from kidney problems.

The Vatican has not yet commented on this.