Vatican City, Dec 4, 2020 / 07:05 am
Archbishop Georg Gänswein has denied media reports that Benedict XVI has lost his voice.
The Austrian Catholic news agency Kathpress reported Dec. 4 that Benedict XVI's personal secretary had confirmed that the 93-year-old pope emeritus was still able to speak clearly.
Reports had circulated in the Italian press and on social media suggesting that the German theologian, who served as pope from 2005 to 2013, was no longer able to speak.
CNA Deutsch, CNA's German-language news partner, said that Gänswein told Kathpress that Benedict's voice had, however, become "very weak and thin."