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His Holiness Pope Francis for his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, “who in silence is supporting the Church … [and] is very ill.” The College joins the Holy Father in offering these prayers and asks its friends to do the same.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI holds a special place in the history of 91����. In 2008 he blessed the cornerstone of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel at a Wednesday morning audience in Vatican City. As a token of gratitude, his coat of arms is inlaid in the California chapel’s marble floor, just outside the sanctuary.

“Remember him,” asks Pope Francis, “asking the Lord to console him, and sustain him in this witness of love for the Church, until the end.”