:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/EN4KYJC5YNMO5M335NJ4S27MCM.JPG)
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI seems to be on as Pope Francis arrives to guide a mass to create 20 new cardinals throughout a ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica on the Vatican in 2015.Tony Gentile/Reuters
Former Pope Benedict’s situation stays “grave” however steady, the Vatican mentioned on Thursday, including in an announcement that he had rested effectively in the course of the evening and was lucid and conscious.
“The Pope Emeritus managed to relaxation effectively in the course of the evening, he’s completely lucid and conscious, and as we speak, regardless that his situation stays grave, the state of affairs is for the time being steady,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni mentioned.
“Pope Francis renews his request to wish for him and to accompany him in these tough hours,” Bruni mentioned 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 residing since 2013, when he turned the primary pope in about 600 years to resign as a substitute of ruling for all times.
