Thursday, May 18, 2000

POPE'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS TO INCLUDE LUNCHEON AND CONCERT

VATICAN CITY, MAY 18, 2000 (VIS) - Pope John Paul, after concelebrating Mass this morning with several thousand priests in St. Peter's Square to mark the Jubilee of Priests as well as his 80th birthday, will be feted at lunch in the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican by all the cardinals who are in Rome. At 6 p.m. there will be a concert in his honor in the Paul VI Hall, featuring Joseph Haydn's oratory "The Creation," performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus.

The Roman Curia was granted a holiday today in honor of John Paul's 80th birthday.

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