The emeritus bishop of Rome, Benedict XVI has a pilot’s license, and liked to fly from the Vatican to the papal summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, but he does not have a driver’s license as he never learned to drive a car.
April 16th was Benedict XVI’s birthday.
He turned 89.
Other trivia about Benedict:
- He loves cats, and had two of his own. One was a stray which he found in Rome.
- He still has the stuffed animals his mother made for him when he was a child.
- His favorite meal is Bavarian potato ravioli with pancake strips. Read still more intersting little know facts about Benedict