The Vatican on Thursday faulted
claims that Pope Benedict was suffering from a paralysing disease of the
nervous system.
German magazine Neue Post had
quoted Benedict’s older brother, Georg Ratzinger, 94, as saying: The greatest
fear is that the paralysis could at some point spread to his heart.
”Then it could be over
quickly.”
But a Vatican statement has
shut down his comments.
“Presumed news of a paralyzing
degenerative disease are false,” the Vatican said.
“In two months, Benedict XVI will
turn 91, and as he has said himself, he feels the weight of his years, which is
normal at that age.”
Benedict, a German who in 2013 became
the first pope in six centuries to resign, said earlier this month he was in
the last phase of life and on a “pilgrimage toward home”.
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