Pope Benedict XVI to cut back on foreign trips The Pope, who turns 85 on April 16, looked tired during Easter services in Rome. His duties included leading the annual Way of the Cross procession around the Colosseum on Good Friday and celebrating Mass on Sunday in St Peter's Basilica. During his traditional "Urbi et Orbi" (Latin for "to the city and to the world") Easter speech he called for an end to the bloodshed in Syria and for a return to peace in Mali, which was recently hit by a military coup. During his trip to Mexico and Cuba last month, he used a walking stick publicly for the first time, amid long-standing concerns for his physical wellbeing. Instead of walking down the long central aisle of St Peter's, he travels on a platform on wheels which is pushed by Vatican aides. The Pope, who succeeded John Paul II in 2005, has just one more foreign trip planned this year - to Lebanon in September, where he will celebrate Mass in Beirut.