The emeritus pope Benedict XVI has suffered a decline in health, Pope Francis said today at the end of his general audience. He asked for prayers for the 95-year-old former pontiff.
Last Thursday, I was visited by Consuelo Isaacson of Friends of Caritas Cubana, who came accompanied by Carmen Maria Nodal Martinez, the new national director of Caritas Cubana. Carmen was in the States for a fundraising event that Consuelo had organized in New York.
Natalia Tsarkova works on a portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in her studio in central Rome. / Daniel Ibáñez / CNA
Rome Newsroom, Nov 3, 2022 / 07:03 am (CNA).
Natalia Tsarkova, official portrait artist to the popes for more than 20 years,.