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Argentina's San Lorenzo club pays tribute to Pope Francis

Argentina’s San Lorenzo pays tribute and bids farewell to its most famous fan, Pope Francis

San Lorenzo, one of Argentina’s biggest football clubs, honored its most famous supporter, Pope Francis, on Saturday—the same day his remains were laid to rest in Rome.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

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.

NBC News on MSN · 2d

Pope Francis adored fútbol, and the soccer world returns the love

The world's greatest soccer stars have posted tributes to the Argentine pontiff, and the biggest homage is that his home team's new stadium will be named after him.

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Pope’s fandom of Argentina soccer club fuels superstition that membership number foretold his death

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, attended San Lorenzo matches as a child with his Italian immigrant father and ...

Buenos Aires Times2d

Not so saintly behaviour at Pope’s beloved San Lorenzo

An unseemly mess has broken out at Francis’ favourite football club – it is impossible to escape the irony that this storm ...

Newsday4d

Pope Francis' beloved soccer team in Buenos Aires mourns its most famous fan

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Pope Francis' beloved soccer club in his native Buenos Aires, San Lorenzo, celebrated a Mass late Wednesday dedicated to its most famous fan two days after his death ...

Agence France-Presse on MSN5d

A stadium and a jersey for Argentina's 'Captain' Francis

From a commemorative jersey to a stadium in his name, Argentine football plans a slew of tributes to its late "Captain" Pope ...

BBC2d

San Lorenzo v Rosario Central

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Death of football-loving Pope comes as president of club he supported faces corruption claims

For supporters of one football club in Argentina, the Pope's death has been especially hard to take, as Francis himself was a lifelong fan, and it comes as San Lorenzo's president is accused of ...

Asharq Al-Awsat6d

Pope Francis Was a Card-Carrying Football Fan and Promoter of Values in Sports

From meetings with Diego Maradona to the passion for his beloved Buenos Aires club, San Lorenzo, Pope Francis was an avid ...

Nigerian Tribune on MSN1d

Argentina: Home country mourns Pope Francis, holds mass in late pontiff’s honour

Home country to the late Pope, Argentina is mourning the loss of Pope Francis, with the people of Buenos Aires, his hometown, gathering for a special mass to honor the former cardinal they once knew ...

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