Ex-pope Benedict 'depressed by retirement' and visibly weakened as he moves back 'home' to Vatican to live next door to Pope Francis.
Benedict XVI is experiencing a post-retirement slump and has been depressed since stepping down as Pope in February, Vatican insiders claim.
The former Pope who was publicly seen last on March 23, and had been living at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo since resignation, looks remarkably more frail .See more photos after the cut....
According to an aide, the 86-year-old Pope Emeritus has suffered from the same sense of deflation many busy people feel when they suddenly stop work.
His low mood is compounded by failing health, according to Whispers in the Loggia, the Catholic gossip blog written by Vatican observer Rocco Palmo. Benedict returned to Rome yesterday to take up residence in a former convent in the Vatican gardens.
A new house and a new pope will greet Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI when he comes home today, as an unprecedented era begins of a retired pontiff living side-by-side with a reigning one inside the Vatican gardens.
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