Ex-pontiff, 93, has shingles after being in poor health for some time, says German newspaper The former pope Benedict XVI, the first pontiff in 600 years to resign instead of ruling for life, is seriously ill, a German newspaper has reported. The newspaper, Passauer Neue Presse, cited Benedict's biographer, the German author Peter Seewald, who met the 93-year-old emeritus pope at the Vatican on Saturday.
Ex-pontiff, 93, has shingles after being in poor health for some time, says German newspaper The former pope Benedict XVI, the first pontiff in 600 years to resign instead of ruling for life, is seriously ill, a German newspaper has reported. The newspaper, Passauer Neue Presse, cited Benedict's biographer, the German author Peter Seewald, who met the 93-year-old emeritus pope at the Vatican on Saturday.
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