In an interview with La Nación in 2023, the late Pope Francis revealed the strange reason why he was unable to watch his ...

April 21, 2025 will be remembered as the day Pope Francis passed away — a global leader who never hid his love for football, ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Buenos Aires, never set foot in his homeland after becoming Pope Francis in 2013. That left ...

Later, I found out we’d won on penalties,” he recalled. In that same interview, the Pope reflected on Argentine attitudes: “We get excited when we start strong, but we struggle to see things ...

The world's greatest soccer stars have posted tributes to the Argentine pontiff, and the biggest homage is that his home team ...

Pope Francis has passed away at the age of 88 and as the world mourns the late pontiff, his special give to football legend ...

"He always kept a low profile. He was a very serious person,” Ana Maria Belmonte tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview ...

Francis never gave an explicit answer for not returning as pontiff to his native country, but some experts say he worried ...

The message was shared alongside a 2013 photo of Messi meeting the Pope before a friendly between Argentina and Italy in Rome ...

From flags to a life-size statue, images and homages to Pope Francis were visible all around the Pedro Bidegain stadium in ...

ROME (AP) — Top-flight soccer matches in Italy and Argentina were postponed after the death of Pope Francis on Monday. The ...