The Vatican has issued a short statement
The Pope has said his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI is “very sick” and asked the faithful to pray for the retired pontiff so God will comfort him “to the very end”.
In a brief statement tweeted by the Vatican, they said: “I would like to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who in silence is supporting the Church. Remember him - he is very ill - asking the Lord to console him, and sustain him in this witness of love for the Church, until the end.”Benedict became the first pope in some 600 years to resign in 2013, with the former pontiff taking the title pope emeritus. The 95-year-old has been living in the Vatican.
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