Children give pope cake for his 85th birthday

Pope Francis received a cake for his 85th birthday from children on Sunday. The children are assisted by the Vatican's Santa Marta paediatric dispensary.

The children sang Happy Birthday when he met them in the Paul VI hall. Pope Francis celebrated his birthday on Friday, a milestone made even more remarkable given the coronavirus pandemic, his summertime intestinal surgery and the weight of history: his predecessor retired at this age and the last pope to have lived any longer was Leo XIII over a century ago. however, Francis is going strong, recently concluding another whirlwind trip to Cyprus and Greece and making plans for a possible jaunt to East Timor next year.