Case of severely painful facial shingles
Benedict XVI “Seriously Ill” since Return from Bavaria, biographer reports after meeting with him
Benedict XVI on Sep. 22, 2012
[LAST UPDATE: 03-AUG-2020 17:07 UTC]
The German regional newspaper Passauer Neue Presse reports this morning that the 93-year-old “Pope Emeritus” Benedict XVI (Fr. Joseph Ratzinger), is “seriously ill” and that he has designated his final resting place. The source for this report is highly credible: It is Peter Seewald, Ratzinger’s long-time biographer and interview partner.
Seewald told the newspaper that ever since his return to Rome after a brief visit to his dying brother Georg this past June, Benedict has been suffering from facial shingles (Gesichtsrose), which is “accompanied by bouts of severe pain.”… READ MORE
