圖片為榮休教宗本篤十六世於2022年12月1日接見拉辛格獎得主。(CNS photo/courtesy Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation)
2022年12月28日，教宗方濟各在週三公開接見活動中作出以下呼籲：
「我想請大家特別為默默支持教會的榮休教宗本篤十六世祈禱。要記得他—他病重—求主安慰他，扶持他為教會作愛的見證，直到最後。」
“I would like to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who is supporting the Church in silence. Remember him – he is very ill – asking the Lord to console him and to sustain him in this witness of love for the Church, until the end.”
來源：press.vatican.va
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