When you say he appears in the news sometimes...Is it in print or film? I’ve NEVER had a good feeling about what happened to him.
His appearances are rare. The most recent I can find is Feb 2018. He is in frail health, but still above ground and above room temperature.
There have been a couple of pics and news articles. I think the most recent was on his birthday. There was also a fake news article by the Vatican recently that claimed he approved of some thing Bergolio said or did and they later had to retract it. I have had the impression, over the last few years, that Benedict XVI is being held prisoner. I pray for Bergolio’s conversion to the true faith,and failing that, that he would be removed by any means that Our Lord deems necessary. And that Benedict XVI would once again take his rightful place on the true Throne of Peter.