Ex-pope Benedict is 'lucid,' condition stable

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 29, 2022 11:54 pm

VATICAN CITY: Former pope Benedict XVI is 'lucid and alert' and his condition remains serious but stable, the Vatican said on Thursday, the day after revealing the 95-year-old's health had deteriorated.

Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pope since the Middle Ages to resign as head of the worldwide Catholic Church, has been in fragile health for many years and uses a wheelchair.

This photo taken and handout on November 28, 2020 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis (right) greeting Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI following a consistory to create 13 new cardinals, on November 28, 2020 in The Vatican. AFP PHOTO / VATICAN MEDIA

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