Benedict XVI
Former Pope Benedict XVI is seriously ill. It is reported Passauer Neue Presse with reference to his biographer Peter Seewald (Peter Seewald).
93-year-old priest suffers from erysipelatous inflammation of the face (lesion of the skin caused by streptococcal infection). The disease was discovered after the visit of Benedict XVI to Germany.
According to Seewald, the former Pope is very weak. He has already made the spiritual will, which will be published after his death, and identified the place of burial. Despite this, Benedict XVI is optimistic, said Seewald.
German priest Joseph Ratzinger (Joseph Ratzinger) was born April 16, 1927 in Bavaria. He taught at several universities in universities, and in 1977 he became the Archbishop of Munich and Freising. In April 2005, Ratzinger was elected head of the Roman Catholic Church, then he became Pope Benedict XVI. From the Holy throne, he abdicated in 2013.
