Since Francis became Bishop of Rome, his beloved San Lorenzo have won the Copa Libertadores – South America’s Champions’ League – for the first time. In doing so they freed themselves from the embarrassment of being the last of Argentina’s big five clubs never to have won it. Little wonder that they are sufficiently grateful to their most famous fan – and any influence he has with the Almighty – to name their ground after him (Notebook, 20 September).Ma
25 September 2014, The Tablet
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