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

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

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

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

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

Argentina-born Pope Francis, who died on Monday, is being honoured at his local hometown soccer club in Buenos Aires, San ...

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

His predecessor loved Mozart, but Pope Francis's passion was football ... In 2022, before the World Cup final between France ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis loved soccer and tango, once worked as a bar doorman and was known to shun the pomp of ...