Pope Francis to predecessor Benedict: Pray for him, he is very sick

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Pope Francis to predecessor Benedict: Pray for him, he is very sick
Pope Francis and Pope Benedict

"I want to ask a special prayer for Pope Benedict, who is silently supporting the Church, he is very sick." These were today's words of Pope Francis during the hearing that he presides periodically in the Vatican, and which casts doubt on the condition of his German predecessor.

After the statements of the head of the Catholic Church, it was the Vatican office itself that affirmed that the condition of 93-year-old Joseph Ratzinger, "has deteriorated excessively in the last hours. The situation is currently under control, but the doctors are monitoring the developments".

Pope Bergoglio after formal engagements has visited the German himself, since 2013, when he sensationally decided to resign from one of the most powerful positions on the planet, lives inside the Vatican in the Mater Ecclesiae monastery, together with personal secretary Georg Gaenswein and some nuns who serve him.

Although publicly withdrawn, Benedict, who before being appointed head of the Vatican was one of the most prominent personalities of the church and an internationally renowned professor of theology, has continued over the years to receive visits from important personalities, often even from the Pope. Francisku, with whom he has an open dialogue. 

 


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