Low-key birthday for Pope Benedict

Pope Benedict XVI marked his 80th birthday by lunching with cardinals and listening to music by one of his favorite composers, Mozart, in a relatively low-key celebration.

Benedict spent the morning meeting with well-wishers from his native Germany, including the governors of Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein.

Gifts poured in, including 80 bottles of Bavarian beer and a giant teddy bear, which the pontiff donated to a local children’s hospital.