His Goaliness... beloved football team pay tribute

POPE Francis was a lifelong supporter of Argentinian Primera Division club San Lorenzo de Almagro.

- By Richard Elias

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, as he was born, grew up in the Flores district of Buenos Aires, where the team plays its games.

The club was founded by a priest, Lorenzo Massa, in 1908 and was nicknamed The Crows due to his black and red cassock.

But in his recently published autobiography Hope, Pope Francis revealed that his soccer skills were so poor that he was nicknamed “hard foot”.

Even when he became pontiff, the head of the Roman Catholic Church never lost his love of San Lorenzo — as they are best known — but his devotion to duty meant he was never able to see them live again.

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