Benedict XVI Turns 94 Years Old ncregister.com
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was born 94 years ago today in the town of Marktl, Bavaria. More than eight years after he announced his retirement from the papacy in 2013, Benedict continues to live a retired life in the Mater Ecclesiae monastery on Vatican grounds.
Despite growing feebleness, the retired pope is in good health, and has marked his April 16 birthday each year, sometimes in the presence of family and friends.
This is Benedict’s first birthday since the death of his older brother Georg Ratzinger on July 1, 2020 in Bavaria…
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