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Benedict XVI has beer, party for 90th birthday at Vatican

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VATICAN CITY - Benedict XVI, who resigned as pontiff in 2013, has celebrated his 90th birthday with a mug of beer and the company of visitors from his native Bavaria in Germany.

 

Photos by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano of the celebration showed Benedict sipping a beer. His brother, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, also joined the party and enjoyed a beer.

 

Looking happy, the frail Benedict also admired a gift basket whose goodies included German sausages.

 

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