Monday, April 16, 2012

Pope celebrates birthday in Bavarian style

Holy Father's party held at apostolic palace
Children dressed in traditional Bavarian garb dance for Pope Benedict XVI during the pontiff's 85th birthday celebrations in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican April 16. Gregorio Borgia/CNS.
The B.C. Catholic has coverage of Pope Benedict XVI's 85th birthday from Catholic News Services' Carol Glatz. Not surprisingly the Holy Father found a way to fit in homily at his own party:
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 85th birthday with guests who treated him to Bavarian "oompah" music and folk dancing in the apostolic palace.

Bavarian bishops, minister-president of Bavaria -- Horst Seehofer, and a 150-person regional government delegation visited the pope April 16 in the Vatican's Clementine Hall.

They were accompanied by a small Bavarian band, three female singers and 10 children who danced the skirt-swirling, shoe-stomping, thigh-slapping "Schuhplattler" before the pope.
Read the full story at The B.C. Catholic website.
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