Pope 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.

Benedict, 95, in 2013 became the first pontiff in some 600 years to resign amid the clerical sexual abuse scandal that engulfed the church.

[report](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ex-pope-benedict-admits-was-meeting-abusive-priest-rcna13252) in January found the former pope had failed to act in four cases of sexual assault when he served as the Archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982. Benedict was drafted into the German anti-aircraft corps at 16, and was briefly detained by United States troops in 1945 before being released back to the seminary. "I would like to ask all of you for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who, in silence, is sustaining the Church," Francis said at the end of his general audience earlier on Wednesday. He has been living in the Vatican since then. He later [apologized](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pope-benedict-failed-act-abusive-priests-munich-church-report-finds-rcna12858) for the handling of the cases, but admitted no wrongdoing. [Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's ](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/retired-pope-benedict-asks-forgiveness-handling-church-sex-abuse-cases-rcna15310)health has suddenly "worsened" in recent hours, the Vatican said on Wednesday after [Pope Francis ](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/pope-francis)asked for prayers for the former pontiff.

Pope Francis on Wednesday asked for prayers for former pope Benedict, saying he is “very sick.” Francis made in a surprise appeal.

[report](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ex-pope-benedict-admits-was-meeting-abusive-priest-rcna13252) in January found that he had failed to act in four cases of sexual assault when he was the archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982. He was drafted into the German anti-aircraft corps at 16 and was briefly detained by U.S. "He is very sick, asking the Lord to console and sustain him in this witness of love for the church, until the end.” He has been living in the Vatican since then. He [apologized](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pope-benedict-failed-act-abusive-priests-munich-church-report-finds-rcna12858) for the handling of the cases but admitted no wrongdoing. [Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's ](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/retired-pope-benedict-asks-forgiveness-handling-church-sex-abuse-cases-rcna15310)health has suddenly “worsened” in the recent hours, the Vatican said Wednesday after [Pope Francis ](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/pope-francis)asked for prayers for the former pontiff.

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 ...

He said he no longer had the physical and mental strength to run the Church. 1, when he met the winners of a prize for theologians named after him. Benedict announced his intention to resign on Feb. 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. One of the latest known photographs of Benedict was taken on Dec.

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 ...

Pope Benedict issued an open letter explaining his decision, which read: "I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry ... To remember him, because he is very ill, asking the Lord to console and support him." Both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me."

"I would like to ask all of you to pray a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict," Francis said at the end of his general audience, speaking in Italian. He ...

Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni told CBS News Wednesday, "In the last few hours, there has been an aggravation" in Benedict's condition "due to advancing age. Benedict is 95. Vatican City — Pope Francis said Wednesday that his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, is "very sick" and he is praying for him and would like the faithful to as well.

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.

Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said Pope Francis, who asked the faithful earlier Wednesday to pray for Benedict, went to visit his predecessor in the ...

On Dec. 28 the press office of the Holy See announced that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's condition had taken a turn for the worse and that he was receiving ...

The label read: “Dedicated to the Great Son of our Country, Pope Benedict XVI.” In fact, Weideneder Brau Vertriebs GmbH, a family-owned brewery in the town of Tann, Germany, created a special beer called Pabstbier (Pope’s Beer). We provide news about the Church and the world, as seen through the teachings of the Catholic Church. He never saw combat, and in 1945 he deserted and was taken as a prisoner of war by U.S. “On his walk from Borgo Pío to the Vatican, he stopped to talk with the cats; don’t ask me in what language he spoke to them, but the cats were delighted. After being elected pope, he chose the name Benedict XVI inspired by the memory of St.

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.

“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.

Pope Francis says Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, 95, is 'very sick,' and requests prayers for the retired pontiff so God comforts him 'to the very end.'

His dramatic decision paved the way for the conclave that elected Pope Francis as his successor. Recent galleries can be seen on our photography page. Benedict stunned the world on Feb.

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.

The Vatican says Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, conscious and stable, but his condition remains serious.

The Vatican says Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, conscious and stable, but his condition remains serious.

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. “Maybe that’s why there’s such a long line.” 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 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, conscious and stable, but his condition remains serious.