Vatican does not confirm, but does not deny the dramatic media reports of Italian and abroad in very poor health Benedict XVI. The only official information to date from the Vatican Press Office on the senior pope’s condition was made available on Wednesday 28 of december.
Vatican neither confirms nor denies information about Benedict XVI’s health
In the morning, director Matteo Bruni announced that the pope emeritus is seriously ill, but the situation is under control. The Vatican has not commented on reports of suspected kidney and cardiovascular failure in the 95-year-old priest.
The Italian news agency ANSA, citing contact with a person associated with the Mater Ecclesiae monastery, reports that the state of health Benedict XVI “has not changed from yesterday.” The retired pope was under the constant watch of doctors throughout the night. Health surveillance will continue in the coming hours. “He is in serious but stable condition,” adds ANSA, writing about Benedict XVI.
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The first information about Benedict XVI’s health began to circulate after Wednesday’s general audience. Pope Francis then called for prayer for the senior sick pope, then visited his predecessor in residence Mater Ecclesiae, where Benedict XVI lives after his abdication.
According to the media, the last once The pope emeritus was publicly active on December 1, when he received several theologians, recipients of the annual Joseph Ratzinger Prize. Before Christmas, Benedict XVI’s secretary, Bishop Georg Gaenswein, reported that the cleric was struggling to breathe. At that time, the Italian electorate called for prayer for the former pope.
The President of the Polish Episcopal Conference, Msgr. Stanisław Gądecki, also called for prayer for Benedict XVI. “I ask all believers in Poland to pray for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. May the Lord give him strength and power in this difficult time of suffering and illness,” he wrote on Twitter.
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