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When he became pope at age 78, Benedict XVI was already the oldest pontiff elected in nearly 300 years. He's now 85, and in recent years he has slowed down significantly, cutting back his foreign travel and limiting his audiences.

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The pope's brother, Georg Ratzinger, says the pontiff had been advised by his doctor not to take any more transatlantic trips and had been considering stepping down for months.

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Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself.

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A top Catholic prelate in Germany says an apology from the pope's brother for abuse of students in the 1960s should be seen as a "wonderful sign" that the church plans to get to the bottom of the allegations.

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The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published yesterday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it.

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Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself.

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A top Catholic prelate in Germany says an apology from the pope's brother for abuse of students in the 1960s should be seen as a "wonderful sign" that the church plans to get to the bottom of the allegations.

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The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published yesterday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it.

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