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Football icon Ronaldo Nazário baptised and welcomed into Catholic Church

September 13, 2023

International football star Ronaldo Nazário was baptised on Tuesday 12 September in his home country of Brazil. Announcing on his Instagram to some 30 million followers, the two-time Ballon D’Or winner and former Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan, and Inter Milan striker revealed he was baptised, confirmed and given first communion in the ceremony by

Thousands pack Chapeco cathedral to mourn plane crash victims

November 30, 2016

Members of the Chapecoense football team died in the plane crash in Colombia

Bring ‘order and honesty’ back to football, Pope tells Fifa president

June 01, 2016

Gianni Infantino presented the Pope with a Champions League winners medal during a meeting at the Vatican

Pope backs Rome 2024 Olympics bid, but says he won’t see it

December 22, 2014

Francis made the comments to members of the Italian Olympic Committee

Pope’s favourite football team to meet Real Madrid in world final

December 19, 2014

San Lorenzo will play in Club World Cup Final after victory over Auckland City

Real Madrid drops cross from club crest after Abu Dhabi deal

November 28, 2014

Christian element of crest edited out throughout the Middle East

The English priests who taught Real Madrid a football lesson

May 22, 2014

In 1907 the seminarians of the Royal English College at Valladolid thrashed the mighty Real Madrid

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