PAPA mstafu Benedict amerejea katika makazi yake ya kudumu ndani ya Vatican City.

PAPA mstafu Benedict amerejea Vatican miezi miwili baada ya kuwa Papa wa kwanza kujiuzulu katika kipindi cha miaka 600.

Alirejeshwa Vatican kutoka katika kasiri la Gandolfo ambako kwa kawaida ni makazi ya Papa majira ya joto.

Amerejea katika makazi yake ya kudumu ndani ya Vatican City.

Greeted by Pope Francis as he arrived, he was driven the short distance to his new accommodation.

Benedict, 86, was last seen in public on 23 March and there has been speculation about his health.

Observers said at the time he appeared more frail than when he stepped down on 28 February.

However, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said this week that Emeritus Pope Benedict was not ill.

No live TV coverage of the former pope's return was allowed by the Vatican and no images of Benedict himself were issued.

'Hidden from the world'

Benedict will live in the converted Mater Ecclesiae convent just behind St Peter's Basilica, with his personal secretary, Georg Gaenswein.

The building, described as "small but well equipped" by Mr Lombardi, includes an attached chapel, a library and a study.