Pacemaker - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:05:25 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Pacemaker - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope had secret pacemaker operation 3 months ago https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/02/13/pope-had-secret-pacemaker-operation-3-months-ago/ Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:14:53 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=39095

The Vatican is acknowledging for the first time that Pope Benedict XVI has had a pacemaker for years and that its battery was replaced a few months ago in secret. Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi said Benedict had the pacemaker installed "a long time" before he became pope in 2005. He called the latest medical Read more

Pope had secret pacemaker operation 3 months ago... Read more]]> The Vatican is acknowledging for the first time that Pope Benedict XVI has had a pacemaker for years and that its battery was replaced a few months ago in secret.

Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi said Benedict had the pacemaker installed "a long time" before he became pope in 2005. He called the latest medical procedure "routine."

It was the first time the Vatican has mentioned a papal pacemaker.

Italian daily Il Sole 24 said the pope had the pacemaker procedure less than three months ago in a Rome hospital and did not miss any public appearances. Continue reading

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