Vatican: Benedict XVI lucid, stable, but condition ‘serious’

By Associated Press
Published December 29, 2022 2:31pm ET
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Vatican: Benedict XVI lucid, stable, but condition ‘serious’
This Oct. 19, 2014 photo shows Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Retired Pope Benedict XVI has published an analysis of the origins of the clergy sex abuse scandal, blaming it on the sexual revolution of the 1960s and church laws that protected priests in a rare commentary, published Thursday April 11, 2019. | (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, conscious and stable but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday, a day after it revealed that the 95-year-old’s health had deteriorated recently.

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