Football is often compared to a religion for its fans, and Francis held numerous giant masses in football stadiums during ...

Tributes to the Argentine pontiff, a lifelong lover of the beautiful game, who died on Monday at the age of 88, have been ...

Pope Francis's love of football was inseparable from his loyalty to the San Lorenzo club in Buenos Aires. He maintained his ...

His predecessor loved Mozart, but Pope Francis's passion was football, for him "the most beautiful game" and also ... often compared to a religion for its fans, and Francis held numerous giant ...

Football is often compared to a religion for its fans, and Francis held numerous ... "Many say that football is the most beautiful game in the world. I think so too," Francis declared in 2019.

Women's World Cup was a pioneering moment for women in soccer, sending the beautiful game global for the first time ever.