Low-key birthday for Pope Benedict
From Times Wire Reports
Pope Benedict XVI marked his 80th birthday by lunching with cardinals and listening to music by one of his favorite composers, Mozart, in a relatively low-key celebration.
Benedict spent the morning meeting with well-wishers from his native Germany, including the governors of Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein.
Gifts poured in, including 80 bottles of Bavarian beer and a giant teddy bear, which the pontiff donated to a local children’s hospital.