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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 remained an unabashed fan throughout his life, paying monthly club membership fees until his death Monday at the age of 88.
The Pope died at the age of 88 at 2:35 (Argentine time). 88235, the number of his membership card in the Argentine team. The ...
Jorge Bergoglio's supporter card belonged to San Lorenzo de Almagro, the team he had supported since childhood, ever since ...
Argentina-born Pope Francis, who died on Monday, is being honoured at his local hometown soccer club in Buenos Aires, San ...
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, with Argentina still awash in ...
Ines San Martin is an Argentine journalist writing for OSV News from Rome. She is vice president of communications at the ...
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Desde reuniones con Diego Maradona hasta la pasión por San Lorenzo, su querido club de Buenos Aires, el papa Francisco fue un ...
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