Pope Benedict XVI

2022 - 12 - 28

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The Vatican says retired Pope Benedict XVI's health is worsening (WJCT NEWS)

Pope Francis on Wednesday said his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, is "very sick," and he asked the faithful to pray for the retired pontiff so God ...

"My thoughts are with the emeritus pope," Baetzing told German news agency dpa. Francis also paid a visit to Benedict at the monastery four months ago. "I would like to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who is sustaining the church in silence," Francis said. In his first years of retirement, Benedict attended a couple of cardinal-elevating ceremonies in St. But in recent years, he wasn't strong enough to attend the long service. Let us all unite with him in prayer for the emeritus pope," Bruni said.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 'very sick', says Pope Francis (The Guardian)

Liberal incumbent pope asks God to comfort and support retired conservative pope until 'the end'

Benedict was the first pope to retire in 600 years. He chose to be called Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI after the abdication, instead of reverting to Joseph Ratzinger. Let’s ask the Lord to comfort him and support him in this testimony of love for the church until the end.”

Pope Francis asks for prayers for Benedict XVI (Vatican News)

Concluding the General Audience on Wednesday morning Pope Francis asked the faithful for a "special prayer" for his 95-year-old predecessor, the Pope Emeritus ...

“We join him in prayer for the Pope Emeritus,” Mr. Bruni also said that after the General Audience in the Paul VI Hall, Pope Francis went to the Mater Ecclesiae monastery in the Vatican where Benedict XVI resides. Concluding the General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis invited the faithful to say a "special prayer" for his 95-year-old predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

Pope Francis asks for prayers for his predecessor Pope Benedict ... (Sky News)

Benedict, 95, became the first pope in some 600 years to resign in 2013, with the former pontiff taking the title pope emeritus.

Pope Francis has asked for prayers for Benedict days after he called for an end to the "Let's ask the Lord to comfort him and sustain him in this testimony of love to the church to the very end." Benedict became the first pope in some 600 years to resign in 2013, with the former pontiff taking the title pope emeritus. "I'd like to ask all of you for a special prayer for Emeritus Pope Benedict, who, in silence, is sustaining the church," Pope Francis said in his remarks. Pope Francis has said his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI is "very sick" and asked the faithful to pray for the retired pontiff so God will comfort him "to the very end". Benedict, 95, became the first pope in some 600 years to resign in 2013, with the former pontiff taking the title pope emeritus.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI, 95, is 'very sick'; Francis asks for prayers (The Washington Post)

Pope Francis appealed for prayers for retired Pope Benedict XVI and for God to sustain him “until the end.”

And while Benedict went further than his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, defrocking hundreds of priests, he was slow to grasp the systemic nature of the issue. On one point — the issue of resignation — Francis has described Benedict as a clear-eyed trendsetter. His view was that if the church tried to bend with the whims of modern times, its teachings would weaken. In 2018, he told the Corriere della Sera, an Italian daily, that he was “on a pilgrimage toward Home.” At the same time, he stated clearly that there is only one top authority figure in the church. Many church watchers have speculated that Francis would be reluctant to step down, even if in bad health, if Benedict remained alive, given the headaches that would arise for a church with two former popes. He opted in retirement to wear papal white and chose not to revert to his given name, Joseph Ratzinger. In photos the Vatican has published of Benedict — including on Aug. But their stylistic and policy differences have fostered years of intrigue about their relationship, while also inspiring a But his life behind closed doors has ended up being quite complicated — and complicating for the church. After Francis’s general audience, he visited Benedict at a convent inside the Vatican’s ancient walls. ambassador to the Holy See, Joe Donnelly, was

Pope Francis asks for prayers for 'very sick' Benedict (RTE.ie)

Pope Francis has asked for prayers for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, saying he is "very sick".

"In the last few hours there has been a deterioration due to advancing age. He stepped down in February 2013 in an announcement delivered to cardinals in Latin, later saying the decision was the result of a mystical experience. In 2018, in a letter sent to Italy's Corriere della Sera daily, Benedict described "the slow withering of my physical forces", saying he was "on an interior pilgrimage towards home". Benedict had cited his declining physical and mental health back in 2013 in his decision to become the first pope since 1415 to stand down as head of the worldwide Catholic church. The head of the Catholic Church paid a visit to his 95-year-old predecessor at his home in a former convent inside the Vatican. Pope Francis has said that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who in 2013 became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries, is 'very ill' and urged people to pray for him.

Pope Francis says predecessor Benedict is very ill (BBC News)

Pope Francis has said former Pope Benedict XVI is very ill and he has asked pilgrims at the Vatican to pray for him. Benedict, 95, became the first leader ...

But his papacy was marked by a scandal involving child sexual abuse by priests. Benedict had presided over his predecessor John Paul's funeral Mass. At the end of the Pope's final audience of the year, he asked people to "pray a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict".