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Pope Francis offers prayers and solidarity in wake of Colombia plane crash

November 30, 2016

71 people, including members of Brazilian football team Chapecoense, died in the crash late on Monday

World Cup 2014 influenced timing of Benedict XVI’s resignation, says aide

October 03, 2016

The retired pope had hoped to stay in the papacy until 2014, according to Mgr Georg Gaenswein

Cardinal jokes about England’s exit from Euro 2016

June 28, 2016

Cardinal Wilfrid Napier took to Twitter after England's embarrassing defeat to Iceland at Euro 2016

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

Archbishop of Liverpool pays tribute to Hillsborough families’ ‘relentless quest for justice’

April 26, 2016

Inquest rules 96 football supporters were unlawfully killed at Hillsborough in 1989

St Peter’s Basilica altar boys and priests join Rome football league

February 22, 2016

The Clericus Cup competition began on Saturday

Vatican suspends charity agreement until FIFA investigation ends

June 15, 2015

The South American football federation had pledged to donate $10,000 to a Vatican charity for every goal scored in the Copa America

German Church may take Italian football star to court over unpaid taxes

March 31, 2015

Luca Toni reportedly failed to pay church taxes while playing for Bayern Munich in Germany

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