Pope Benedict

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".

Pope Francis has said that his predecessor Pope Benedict, the 95-year-old former pontiff who resigned from the post nine years ago, is "very sick" after a ...

“Sadly, many clergy abuse victims are not out of the woods in terms of healing from their wounds and getting the justice they deserve,” SNAP wrote. Benedict’s announcement marked the first time a pope had stepped down in nearly 600 years. He is very sick,” Francis said during his general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday. “We ask the Lord to console and sustain him in this witness of love for the Church to the very end.” Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, DC, asked Catholics and “folks of good will to pray for Benedict XVI,” in a Twitter post Wednesday. Pope Francis has said that his predecessor Pope Benedict, the 95-year-old former pontiff who resigned from the post nine years ago, is “very sick” after a deterioration in his health on Wednesday.

The 95-year-old Benedict, who lives on the Vatican grounds after retiring in 2013, has become increasingly frail in recent years.

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,″ Mr Bruni said. Some church traditionalists were dismayed by his decision. "Remember him — he is very ill — asking the Lord to console him and to sustain him in this testimony to love for the church, until the end." At the end of his customary Wednesday audience with the public in a Vatican auditorium, Pope Francis departed from his prepared remarks to say that Benedict is "very sick" and asked the faithful to pray for the retired pontiff. "I would like to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who is sustaining the church in silence," Pope Francis said.

Bishops from Europe, the United States and beyond, urged the faithful to keep Benedict in their thoughts, after the Vatican followed Francis' announcement.

Benedict announced his intention to resign on February 11, 2013, shocking a meeting of cardinals. And so we especially want to include him in our prayers,” German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich, told churchgoers. Francis, who visited the former pontiff after making the announcement, has often praised Benedict, saying it was like having a grandfather at home. He was seated and looked exceptionally weak. Bishops from Europe, the United States and beyond, urged the faithful to keep Benedict in their thoughts, after the Vatican followed Francis’ announcement with a statement saying Benedict had suffered a sudden “worsening” of his health. Vatican City: Former pope Benedict, a hero to conservative Catholics and who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to step down, is “very sick”, his successor Pope Francis said, asking Church members to pray for him.

Pope Francis asked people to pray for 95-year-old retired Pope Benedict XVI, who is "very sick."

The retired pope has looked increasingly frail, but as recently as Dec. "I can confirm that in the last few hours there has been a worsening (of Pope Benedict's health) due to advancing age," Bruni said. Pope Francis greets retired Pope Benedict XVI at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery in this file photo taken Aug.

The world is concerned as Pope Francis says 95 year-old Pope emeritus Benedict XVI "is very sick" and has requested prayers for him.

He also met in August at the monastery with Pope Francis and the new cardinals the pope had just created. He spent the first several months of his retirement at the papal summer villa in Castel Gandolfo before moving into the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican Gardens where he has lived since. “I can confirm that in the last few hours there has been a worsening (of Pope Benedict’s health) due to advancing age,” Bruni said.

He did not give any more details about the state of Pope Benedict's health. The former pontiff was the head of the Catholic Church, bishop of Rome and sovereign ...

“I would like to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who in silence is supporting the Church. Remember him – he is very ill – asking ...

Today this network turns to us to ask us to join the prayer of all the monks and nuns for Pope Benedict. “I would like to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who in silence is supporting the Church. You are the everlasting health

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is "lucid and vigilant" but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday in an update on the former pontiff's health.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) said many people would have “mixed feelings” about the life of Benedict. “I want to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict who sustains the Church in his silence. He was elected as the 265th pope in April 2005, following John Paul II’s death. Benedict’s announcement marked the first time a pope had stepped down in nearly 600 years. “We ask the Lord to console and sustain him in this witness of love for the Church to the very end.” [Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI](https://cnn.com/2022/12/28/europe/pope-benedict-sick-pope-francis-intl/index.html) is “lucid and vigilant” but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday in an update on the former pontiff’s health.

People around the globe are praying for Benedict XVI at the invitation of Pope Francis, as the Pope Emeritus' health remains stable but under ...

Major Archbishop Shevchuk met recently with Benedict at his residence in the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery on 10 November. He later recounted that the Pope Emeritus was “incredibly lucid, informed and solicitous about the situation in Ukraine, and had assured his prayers for the Ukrainian people.” “He is absolutely lucid and alert.

Benedict in 2013 became the first pope in 600 years to retire, and he chose to live out his retirement in seclusion in a converted monastery in the Vatican ...

"We hadn't heard the news," said Liam Marchesano, a 22-year-old economics student from Mantova who was waiting to see the basilica with his girlfriend. In the square, the line of tourists waiting to get into St. John Lateran, Benedict's former basilica in his capacity as the bishop of Rome. Few had expected his retirement — now in its 10th year — to last longer than his eight-year reign as pope. Benedict in 2013 became the first pope in 600 years to retire, and he chose to live out his retirement in seclusion in a converted monastery in the Vatican Gardens. On Wednesday Francis revealed that Benedict was "very ill" and went to see Benedict at his home in the Vatican Gardens where he has lived since retiring in 2013, sparking fears that he was near death.

Aged 95, he remains in a serious but stable condition, a day after Pope Francis said he was very ill.

The former Pope is now under the constant supervision of doctors. His papacy was marked by a scandal involving child sexual abuse by priests. In a further statement, on Thursday, it said "although his condition remains serious, the situation at the moment is stable".

The Vatican says retired Pope Benedict XVI is in serious, but stable condition the day after Pope Francis described him as "very sick" and asked people to ...

The retired pope has looked increasingly frail, but as recently as Dec. The square was filled with pilgrims, tourists and families taking advantage of the holidays to see the Nativity scene and visit St. "I can confirm that in the last few hours there has been a worsening (of Pope Benedict's health) due to advancing age," Bruni said. In the 24 hours after Pope Francis asked for prayers for his predecessor, news crews started heading to St. Pope Francis greets retired Pope Benedict XVI at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery in this file photo taken Aug. 30 in the Basilica of St.

When Benedict XVI resigned in 2013 citing old age, he became the first pope in 600 years to step down from the role. Born Joseph Ratzinger, the German cardinal ...

A papal funeral is typically presided over by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. But because Benedict is no longer Pope some of the cardinal's tasks may no longer be appropriate. Born Joseph Ratzinger, the German cardinal was elected in April 2005 and chose to go by the name of Benedict.

In 2013, Pope Benedict shocked the world by resigning from his position. It was the first time a pope had stepped down in nearly 600 years.

for more features. But his condition remains serious as his health has begun to decline.

"Pope Francis renews the invitation to pray for him and accompany him in these difficult hours," Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said.

"We hadn't heard the news," said Liam Marchesano, a 22-year-old economics student from Mantova who was waiting to see the basilica with his girlfriend. In the square, the line of tourists waiting to get into St. John Lateran, Benedict's former basilica in his capacity as the bishop of Rome. Few had expected his retirement — now in its 10th year — to last longer than his eight-year reign as pope. Benedict in 2013 became the first pope in 600 years to retire, and he chose to live out his retirement in seclusion in a converted monastery in the Vatican Gardens. On Wednesday Francis revealed that Benedict was "very ill" and went to see Benedict at his home in the Vatican Gardens where he has lived since retiring in 2013, sparking fears that he was near death.