The pontiff 's visibly increasing frailness over the past few months had raised concerns that a second consecutive pope might have to govern the church through delicate times while physically debilitated .

过去几个月中教皇明显变得虚弱令外界担心，他可能成为又一位身体虚弱的教皇，不得不在这段微妙的时期治理教会。