Pope Liu XIV, the youngest of the Pope in four decades, celebrates his seventieth birthday in the Vatican

Pope Liu XIV His seventieth birthday celebrated on Sunday with a public address in which he thanked God, his parents and his followers, after he obtained a birthday cake by the new American ambassador to the Vatican.

Liu, the first Pope born in the United States, saw the giant “happy birthday” signs, in English, Italian and Spanish, balloons, and the congratulations signs held by the believers gathered in St. Peter’s square for his traditional blessing. Peruvian believers, including dancers in traditional clothes, were valid, a testimony to the two decades that spent the Pope in the country of South America as a missionary and a bishop at that time.

Liu said of chants: “My dear, it seems that you know today that I am 70.” “I thank the Lord, my father, and all who remember me in their prayers.”

Later on Sunday, Liu spent his birthday in the presidency of the Ecumenical Prayer service in honor of the martyrs of the twenty -first century.

Pope received a birthday cake from Brian Porsche, the new President of the Vatican President Trump, at a meeting on Saturday, Reuters said. Burch Present Leo showed with a chocolate cake, covered with a red brand saying, “Happy birthday Pope Liu XIV”. According to Reuters, the cake came from Portilo, a famous restaurant in Chicago, where the Pope is located.

The American Embassy of the Chair said in a statement. His meeting with the Pope was mainly held to present his credentials to Liu, a ceremony and “an important teacher in the continuous diplomatic relationship between the United States and the Holy See,” according to the embassy.

when It was elected Last May, at the age of 69, former Robert Brevost was the youngest of the Pope since 1978, when Carroll Westle Pope John Paul II was elected at the age of 58.

Many people in the field knew that Liu’s birthday wished him success, especially given the weight of the responsibility he assumed to operate the Catholic Church.

“Well, he definitely needs a lot of support, because he must continue in a special difficult period, both for geopolitical issues and certainly for internal issues,” said Lorenzo Vikio, a member of a Catholic university group in Bayza. “We are definitely happy because it is a very small door.”

Celso Fernandez, a Roma resident originally from the former Leo diocese in Chiclayo, Peru, remembers how Chiclayo Fathful used to celebrate the birthday of their former bishop, who fell on the same day as a local religious celebration. Prevost will spend his birthday with them to honor their Eid.

“Now we come to him on his birthday,” he said.

For its part, Italian Prime Minister Giojia Miloni issued a special greeting to Liu for the preaching, which she said was an inspiration. She said in a statement, “Leo’s teachings” provide reliable and solid guidance at very complex times, when it seems that certainty is frequented and the changes are surprising as much as it is deep.