Pope Francis celebrated his 81st birthday in Vatican City on Sunday with an extra-long pizza pie.
Surrounded by little helpers from a nearby Catholic children's clinic, Francis counted to three before blowing out a single white candle on his birthday pie.
Francis jokingly encouraged the children, who are receiving medical care from the Vatican's Pediatric Dispensary of Santa Marta, to eat his birthday present.
"Eat the four meters [13 feet] of pizza: eat well, it will do you good, it will make you grow!" he said.
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He was later presented with a more traditional birthday cake in the Vatican's colors of white and yellow.
Francis was born to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. This was his fifth birthday as the head of the Catholic church.
During his pizza party, Francis advised the children to speak often with God and to care for their grandparents.
"The joy of children is a treasure," he said.
Source : huffingtonpost
