Rome (AFP) - Pope emeritus Benedict XVI is
"slowly, serenely fading" but remains "very lucid", his personal
secretary said in an interview published Thursday.
In 2013, Benedict became the first head of the Catholic Church to resign in seven centuries, amid speculation he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown, unable to cope at the top of an institution beset by scandals.
He said he no longer had the strength of mind or body to carry on, but his health appeared to improve after he stepped down and moved into a former convent in the grounds of the Vatican.
"In April, Benedict XVI will be 89 years old. He's like a candle which is slowly, serenely fading. He is serene, at peace with God, himself and the world," said Gaenswein.
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5 comments:
Eighty-nine is old, but hardly a record.
^No one said it was. If he were to die, it would still be a good run especially for a man as dedicated to prayer and God as he.
The last European pope.
And in his place, a man who could not have been timed with more devastating effect. I've penned a letter to Pope Francis that the Orthosphere may publish. For all Benedict's faults, he was not selling Europe to heathens.
The implication is that, at 89, he's ready to be pronounced dead.
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