{"id":7804,"date":"2022-12-29T08:45:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T08:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=7804"},"modified":"2022-12-29T08:45:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T08:45:20","slug":"pope-francis-pray-for-pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-95-he-is-very-ill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/pope-francis-pray-for-pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-95-he-is-very-ill\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: Pray For Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (95), He is Very Ill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Head of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Francis, has asked Christians to say prayers for his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Pope Francis, Benedict who resigned in 2013, is very ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would like to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who in silence is supporting the Church. Remember him \u2013 he is very ill \u2013 asking the Lord to console him, and sustain him in this witness of love for the Church, until the end,\u201d Pope Francis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"7806\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/pope-francis-pray-for-pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-95-he-is-very-ill\/fi9h-28wiaavum3-1536x1152-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fi9H-28WIAAVuM3-1536x1152-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fi9H-28WIAAVuM3-1536&amp;#215;1152-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fi9H-28WIAAVuM3-1536x1152-1.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fi9H-28WIAAVuM3-1536x1152-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fi9H-28WIAAVuM3-1536x1152-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fi9H-28WIAAVuM3-1536x1152-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fi9H-28WIAAVuM3-1536x1152-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fi9H-28WIAAVuM3-1536x1152-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fi9H-28WIAAVuM3-1536x1152-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He made the appeal for the 95-year-old pope emeritus at the end of his weekly public audience on Dec. 28 in the Vatican\u2019s Paul VI Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pope Emeritus Benedict, lives in a former monastery in the gardens of Vatican City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Head of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Francis, has asked Christians to say prayers for his predecessor, Pope Emeritus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foreign-international-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-9.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7844,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/former-pope-benedict-xvi-dies-age-95\/","url_meta":{"origin":7804,"position":0},"title":"Former Pope Benedict XVI dies age 95","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"December 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Benedict XVI, the Pope Emeritus, has died in Vatican City at the age of 95 following a period of ill health. 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