UPDATED. The Vatican says Benedict had suffered a sudden 'worsening' of his health in recent hours, but adds his condition is 'under control.'
VATICAN CITY – Former pope Benedict, 95, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to step down, is “very sick,” his successor Pope Francis said on Wednesday, December 28, asking the church to pray for him.
“Let us remember him. He is very sick, asking the Lord to console and sustain him in this witness of love for the Church, until the end,” Francis said, speaking in Italian., who visited the former pontiff shortly after his general audience, has often praised Benedict, saying it was like having a grandfather in a home. But the presence of two men dressed in white in the Vatican has at times been troublesome.
One of the latest known photographs of Benedict was taken on December 1, when he met the winners of a prize for theologians named after him. He was seated and looked exceptionally weak.
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