Pope Benedict marks his 80th birthday with mass at Vatican
Posted by Michille on April 16th, 2007
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 80th birthday a day early with a Mass in his honor Sunday on the flower-bedecked steps of St. Peter’s Square.
Cardinals, priests, and thousands of faithful joined the Pope in prayers of thanks to God for his long life.
Benedict was born on April 16, 1927, in Marktl Am Inn, a riverside town in the Bavaria region of Germany. Sprinkled among the crowd in the square were fellow countrymen and women in traditional dress, including feathertrimmed hats.
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