Football The new Pope is a “soccer fan”

White smoke yesterday in the Vatican announced the election of a new pope. The Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope under the name of François 1st.

The new pope is a football fan, specifically San Lorenzo. Based in Buenos Aires, the city where, Bergoglio was Archbishop, San Lorenzo is a team founded by a priest.

The club with 14 league titles in Argentina posted a photo of the first non European Pope with his flag on its Twitter account.


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