Former Pope Benedict‘s situation stays “grave” however secure, the Vatican stated on Thursday, including in a press release that he had rested properly in the course of the night time and was lucid and conscious.
“The Pope Emeritus managed to rest well during the night, he is absolutely lucid and aware, and today, even though his condition remains grave, the situation is at the moment stable,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni stated.
“Pope Francis renews his request to pray for him and to accompany him in these difficult hours,” Bruni stated of the 95-year-old former pontiff.
The assertion, the second since Francis disclosed on Wednesday that his predecessor was “very sick”, didn’t present any specifics about Benedict’s situation.
Benedict is being cared for in a former convent within the Vatican the place he has been dwelling since 2013, when he grew to become the primary pope in about 600 years to resign as an alternative of ruling for all times.
