'I'm in the last phase of my life' –  former Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI delivers rare public statement

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    5a7b333c4cdb3 'I'm in the last phase of my life' -  former Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI delivers rare public statement

    Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has said he’s in the final phase of his life as he is becoming increasingly frail in a letter sent to an Italian newspaper on Tuesday.

    “I can only say that with the slow waning of my physical forces, I’m on a pilgrimage towards home. It is a great gift for me to be surrounded, on this last stretch of this sometimes tiring road, by a degree of love and goodwill that I could never have imagined.”

    The 90-year-old wrote the letter as the fifth anniversary of his historic resignation approaches to Corriere della Sera, one of Italy’s leading…



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