Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 08:06 / Updated Tuesday, April 22, 2025 08:08
Pope Francis ceased life on Monday, on the second day of Easter, at the age of 88, the follow -up of a stroke.
Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Sovereign Pontiff was a big fan of the local club San Lorenzo, and with his countrymen Lionel Messi had a friendship.
Pope Francis and Lionel Messi met in 2013
He did not consider him the best footballer in the world, preferring Pele's and Maradona, but neither He had never seen him playing, because he was no longer watching the 35-year-old TV!
Lionel Messi's message to the passing of Pope Francis
However, they met in 2013, at the Vatican, when Messi asked for a private audience, and at one of the photos taken then, the captain of the Argentine national came to illustrate the message he posted on Instagram after the pope's death.
“A distinguished Argentine Pope. RIP Pope Francis. Thank you for making the world a better place. You will be missing,” wrote Inter Miami's player.
San Lorenzo and Jose Mourinho, exciting messages to the pope's non -ending
San Lorenzo, the soul club of the Pontiff, also paid tribute to the passing. “It was never one of us, but always one of us.
He has always expressed his passion for “cyclone”: when he went to Viejo Gasómetro to see the team from '46, when he confirmed Angelito Correa in the Deportive Chapter, when he received the visitors to the Vatican, always with an unlimited joy …
Member no. 88235. From Jorge Mario Bergoglio to Francis, there was one thing that has never changed: his love for “cyclone”. Invaded in a deep pain, we at #sanlorenzo say today to Francis: «Goodbye, thank you for goodbye! We will be together for eternity! »”.
Legend coach Jose Mourinho also said goodbye to the Pope with an emotional message. He wrote: “To be great, above all you have to know how to be small. Humility is the foundation of the true great. Pope Francisco! Hope is a light in the night. Grande Pope.”
