Pope Benedict: ‘I Am On A Pilgrimage Toward Home’

The former pope's letter to an Italian reporter does not mention any particular illness or prognosis, but it capitalizes the word "Casa," which is Italian for "home," an apparent reference to Heaven. Joseph Ratzinger, 90, who took the name Benedict XVI when he was elected pope in 2005, resigned in February 2013 and has lived in retirement in the Vatican since then.