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Former pope Benedict XVI is \u201clucid and alert\u201d and his condition remains serious but stable, the Vatican said Thursday, the day after revealing the 95-year-old\u2019s health had deteriorated.<\/span><\/p>\n Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pope since the Middle Ages to resign as head of the worldwide Catholic Church, has been in fragile health for many years and uses a wheelchair.<\/span><\/p>\n But on Wednesday, Pope Francis raised eyebrows by saying in his general audience that his predecessor, Joseph Ratzinger, was \u201cextremely unwell.\u201d<\/p>\n The Vatican press office stated on Thursday that although the Pope Emeritus\u2019 condition is very severe, he was able to get a good night\u2019s sleep and is completely conscious and awake today. According to Daily trust.<\/p>\n Prior to visiting Benedict at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery on the premises of the Vatican, Francis had requested prayers for him.<\/p>\n A Vatican source informed AFP on Wednesday that the ex-health pope\u2019s started to decline \u201caround three days ago,\u201d and the Vatican later confirmed that the ex-condition pope\u2019s had gotten worse \u201cdue to advancing age.\u201d<\/p>\n The source claimed that \u201cit is his critical functions that are deteriorating, particularly his heart,\u201d adding that there were no plans to admit him to the hospital because he already has the \u201crequired medical equipment\u201d at home.<\/p>\n From the United States to Benedict\u2019s own Germany, Catholic leaders from all around the world pledged to pray for him in response to the news.<\/p>\n A few faithful braved the chilly morning on Thursday to attend mass at the medieval cathedral in Regensburg, where the previous pope lectured at the university from 1969 to 1977.<\/p>\n As a big image of the pope emeritus rested on the altar, Regensburg\u2019s auxiliary bishop addressed the congregation, \u201cI am asking you to accompany Benedict on his final trip.\u201d<\/p>\n While this was happening, many tourists to St. Peter\u2019s Square were reflecting on the late pope.<\/p>\n Even if he\u2019s old, I\u2019m sorry. The church will lose a piece of history, said instructor Agnese, 40.<\/p>\n The Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome will host a special mass on Friday, according to the Vatican.<\/p>\n Content created and supplied by: Umaroo1 (via Opera \n , . , . () , , , , , , , , . \/ , and\/or . , , and\/or , and\/or <\/span> Former pope Benedict XVI is \u201clucid and alert\u201d and his condition remains serious but stable, the Vatican said Thursday, the day after revealing the 95-year-old\u2019s health had deteriorated. Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pope since the Middle Ages to resign as head of the worldwide Catholic Church, has been in fragile health for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1271390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1271389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1271389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1271389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1271389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1271389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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