Francis did not disclose the exact nature of his ailment, but called for people to pray for Benedict. In his weekly general audience on 28 December 2022, Pope Francis announced that Benedict was 'very ill'. īenedict became the longest-lived pope on 4 September 2020, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at the age of 93 years, 4 months and 3 days. Maltese cardinal Mario Grech reported to Vatican News on 2 December 2020 that Benedict was enduring serious difficulties in speaking, reportedly stating to a group of cardinals that "the Lord has taken away my speech in order to let me appreciate silence". On 3 August 2020, after speculation amongst the German press in the wake of a visit by the journalist Peter Seewald on 1 August, Benedict's aides disclosed that he was experiencing inflammation of the trigeminal nerve, but stated that his condition was not serious. In June 2020, Benedict visited his ailing brother Georg Ratzinger in Bavaria, who died shortly after the visit on 1 July. Speculation about his health had arisen in the preceding weeks. He had developed a hematoma after slipping at his residence. In October 2017, a photograph on Facebook showed Benedict with a black eye. He cited his declining health as the reason for his resignation. He stepped down as pope at 20:00 ( CET) on 28 February 2013, in the first papal renunciation in almost 600 years since Pope Gregory XII in 1415, and the first to voluntarily step down since Pope Celestine V in 1294. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, then Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was elected Pope Benedict XVI on 19 April 2005, succeeding John Paul II, who died on 2 April 2005. See also: Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI Benedict XVI in 2019
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