Federico Lombardi, has acknowledged Benedict's post-retirement decline but insists the 86-year-old German isn't suffering from any ailment and is just old.

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We can't yet know what this ailment, evidently emanating from China, will have on that country and wider Asian trade.

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Voice therapy is often required for such an ailment, said Dr. Cohen, who hasn't treated Mr. Page.

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