Update on the Health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI is pictured during Mass at Yankee Stadium in New York in this file photo from 2008. (CNS photo/CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)
On Thursday the director of the press office of The Holy See issued the following statement:
“The Pope Emeritus was able to rest well last night, he is absolutely lucid and alert and today, although his condition remains serious, the situation at the moment is stable. Pope Francis renews his invitation to pray for him and accompany him in these difficult hours.”
On Wednesday, Pope Francis asked the Catholic faithful to pray for the former pope, whom he described as "very sick." Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is 95.
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