Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, alert and stable but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday.
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On Wednesday Francis revealed that Benedict was “very ill” and went to see Benedict at his home in the Vatican where he has lived since retiring in 2013, sparking fears that he was near death. “Pope Francis renews the invitation to pray for him and accompany him in these difficult hours,” he said. At the St. Oswald church in Marktl, where Benedict was baptized, lay head of the local congregation Sandra Maier put up a framed picture of the former pope and arranged a small pew so parishioners could kneel and pray for him.
“Obviously it is a bad situation, we are all close to Pope Ratzinger, we are sad about the situation, so we came here to make our small contribution,” said one pilgrim, Giorgio Gibin.CHEK NewsletterSign Up
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