Argentina Soccer Team Pays Tribute To Their Holiest Fan, Pope Francis

From flags to a life-size statue, images and homages to Pope Francis were visible all around the Pedro Bidegain stadium in Buenos Aires yesterday as his beloved San Lorenzo de Almagro soccer team took to the field for the first time since the pontiffs death.

Players wore jerseys with images of the late Pope along with the words Together for Eternity, as a remembrance of the passion Francis showed the team throughout his life, even remaining a member during his 12-year papacy.

The Pope is from Boedo, fans chanted before the kick-off, unfurling Vatican-coloured yellow-and-white flags. The club, based in the Boedo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, plans to name its new stadium after Pope Francis.

During the halftime show, Scholas Occurrentes, an international organization created by the Pope in 2013 to transform global education, also paid tribute to the Pope, who died on Monday at the age of 88.

Jorge Bergoglio inherited his passion for the popular Argentine club from his father and never lost it.