Pope Benedict celebrates 85th birthday

Pope Benedict celebrates 85th birthday

April 16, 2012 at 3:44PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

It's the 85th birthday of Pope Benedict XVI — and he's celebrating it German style.

The pope had "a very Bavarian birthday Monday, marking his 85 years with his brother, German bishops and a musical band from his native land," The Associated Press reports:

Benedict is the sixth-oldest pope since the 1400s, and his milestone birthday has some speculating about his replacement, the Catholic News Service reports:

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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