Ratzinger Health Scare

In a statement this morning, Joaquin Navarro-Valls announced that Msgr. Georg Ratzinger -- "Big Georg" -- B16's brother and longtime vacation partner, had been rushed to Policlinico Gemelli from Castel Gandolfo with heart palpitations. A pacemaker was installed, and we're told that his recovery to this point has been "sufficient."

"It is foreseen," the statement announced, that the patient will be discharged from the hospital shortly.

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