Traveling through the crowd for his Wednesday audience this morning, Pope Francis stopped saying, "Ah, this is very important!" What he saw was a delegation from his favorite soccer team, the Saint Lawrence Athletic Club, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They had previously sent him a team jersey when he was elected pope.
Pope Francis responded to the gift with a letter to the club’s president, telling him,
“I really appreciate this token of appreciation, which I am happy to respond to, asking our Lord to generously repay this delicacy.
“Aside from the love of football [soccer], I ask you to cultivate friendship with Jesus, the true friend, he will always be with you, in good times and also when there are difficulties.”
When Pope Francis was elected, the club posted a copy of his Club membership on their website. The young Jorge Bergoglio used to go to games with his father and watch the team play. As a teenager, the future pope played basketball with the team.
In honor of the Pope's favorite soccer team, here is a quick play (narrated in Spanish) that the pope would enjoy.
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