A soirée was held at St George's Basilica on April 16 on the occasion of Pope Benedict's birthday. After an audio-visual presentation by Francesco Pio Attard, the Laudate Pueri choir, led by Maria Frendo and directed by Can. George Frendo, sang sacred music works by Palestrina, Bartolucci and Perosi which were interspersed by two extracts from Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's 'Spirit of the Liturgy' translated by Fr Geoffrey Attard and read by Antoine Vassallo. A poem by Joe Attard was also read.