First Latin American and first Jesuit to occupy the Holy See, in 2013 after the renunciation of Benoît XVI, Pope Francis died in his Sainte-Marthe residence. A death announced this Monday morning by the Vatican.
Due to the disappearance of the bishop of the diocese of Rome, the Italian football federation decided to cancel all the scheduled matches this Monday. In Serie A, the Torino-Udinese, Cagliari-Fiorentina, Genoa-Lazio and Parme-Juvenus meetings are postponed to a later date.
In a press release, it praised the memory of “An example of Christian charity and dignity in suffering, always close to the world of football ”. Five days from the end of the championship, Inter Milan and Naples occupy the first two places in the standings, with 71 points.
Death of Pope Francis, football was his second religion
Pope Francis had stealthily appeared on the Vatican balcony on Sunday on the occasion of Easter. You could see him in a wheelchair, on the Balcony of the Saint-Pierre Basilica. Questioned by journalists, he said he wanted to live
“This Easter like (it) can”.
Before becoming the 266th Pope of History, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was a supporter of San Lorenzo, one of the five major football clubs in Argentina. “I have always liked to play football, and it doesn't matter if I had nothing to do with a champion. In Buenos Aires, a type of my kind was called a pata dura, which means that I had two left feet ”he wrote in his second autobiography entitled “hope” published at the start of the year.
