Pope Francis celebrates 78th birthday.

Pope Francis celebrates his 78th birthday today 17th December 2014. Thousands of people gathered at St Peter’s Square to sing Happy Birthday and dance a mass tango to celebrate with the Pope.

Happy Birthday was sung to him in Spanish, Italian and other languages as he was driven through St Peter’s Square in the Vatican City to start his weekly general audience.

Argentine priests handed him a cake and he blew out the candles before his open-top jeep moved on. The vehicle stopped again so the Pope, visibly pleased, could accept a birthday drawing from an Italian boy.

Wishing him a very happy birthday, and very many many many happy returns.