San Lorenzo, who count Pope Francis among their fans, took the Argentine league trophy to the Vatican to show off to the pontiff, yesterday. The club said coach Juan Antonio Pizzi, a group of players and the directors flew to Rome after winning the Inicial, the first of two championships in the 2013/14 season. Former Buenos Aires archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, anointed pope in March, is an honorary member of the club nicknamed the Saints of Boedo for the suburb where they were founded by a group of young men that included a priest in 1908. Picture shows a member of San Lorenzo team presenting Pope Francis with the replica of the trophy they won.

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