Ex-pontiff Benedict 'very ill'

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 29, 2022 12:01 am

(UPDATE) VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said Wednesday that former pontiff Benedict 16th, 95, is 'very ill,' and urged people to pray for him before going to be by his side.

Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries, has been in increasingly frail health.

In this file photo taken on June 22, 2020 Former pope Benedict XVI poses for a picture at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, before his departure. AFP PHOTO

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