Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: Happy 86th Birthday

VATICAN 16 Apr 2013 Pope Emeritus turns 86
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI celebrates his 86th birthday on Apr 16. The oldest pontiff in over a century and the sixth-oldest since the 15th Century, he resigned from the papacy on 11 Feb 2013, citing a "lack of strength of mind and body" due to his advanced age. The resignation took effect on 28 Feb. The 265th pope in a line reaching to St. Peter, he was the first to resign the papacy since Pope Gregory XII in 1415. He was succeed by Pope Francis.
Questions about his health were raised in Dec 2009 when it emerged that the Vatican moved the traditional Christmas Eve Mass to 10 pm from midnight for the first time, explaining it would tire Pope Benedict less. He suffered a mild stroke in 1991, and is believed to have suffered another just before his election. He has twice fallen while on holiday in the Italian Alps, the first time in Aug 1992 and the second time in 2009, when he broke his wrist.
Talk of possible retirement resurfaced when he was pulled down the aisle of St. Peter’s basilica on a rolling platform before he celebrated Mass on Oct 16 in 2011. His use of the device attracted particular notice because it followed a September report in an Italian newspaper that said the pope might retire at 85.
Despite his age, Pope Emeritus Benedict is still in relatively good health, according to his 88-year-old brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, in a December interview. Apart from some trouble walking, the prelate told a German newspaper, the Pope’s health “was in order” and he was “relatively fresh and constantly taking exercise.”