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Children dressed in the traditional Bavarian costumes dance for Pope Beneditct XVI on the occasion of Pontiff's 85th birthday celebrations in the Clementine hall at the Vatican. AFP Photo/Pool/Gregorio Borgia
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Pope Benedict XVI (2D-L) celebrates a mass at the Pauline Chapel at The Vatican. Afp Photo/Osservatore Romano
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Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass at the Pauline Chapel at The Vatican. AFP Photo/Osservatore Romano
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People attend a mass led by Pope Benedict XVI (C-background) at the Pauline Chapel at The Vatican. AFP Photo/Osservatore Romano
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Children dressed in the traditional Bavarian costumes wait for the start of a private audience with Pope Beneditct XVI on the occasion of Pontiff's 85th birthday celebrations in the Clementine hall at the Vatican. AFP Photo/Pool/Gregorio Borgia
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Pope Benedict XVI (C-background) watches Bavarian chidren dancing on the occasion of his 85th birthday celebrations in the Clementine hall at the Vatican. AFP Photo/Osservatore Romano
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Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 85th birthday on Monday with visitors from his native state of Bavaria in Germany and is now the oldest pope since Leo XIII, who died in 1903 aged 93. AFP Photo/Osservatore Romano
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