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Argentina Soccer Team Pays Tribute to Their Holiest Fan, Pope Francis
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - From flags to a life-size statue, images and homages to Pope Francis were visible all around the Pedro Bidegain stadium in Buenos Aires on Saturday as his beloved San Lorenzo de Almagro soccer team took to the field for the first time since the pontiff's death.
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Dozens of San Lorenzo club members sporting club jerseys and clutching rosaries gathered to bid farewell to Pope Francis at the team chapel in the Argentine capital’s middle-class Almagro ...
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