San Lorenzo receives Pope-Franziskus Stadium
The favorite club of the late Pontifex intends in a variety of ways in its most famous follower.
The favorite club of the late Pontifex intends in a variety of ways in its most famous follower.
In the Argentine homeland of Pope Francis, his favorite soccer club San Lorenzo will name his new stadium after the Pontifex, who died at the beginning of the week. Association president Marcelo Moretti confirmed on Tuesday that last year when you visited the Pope in the Vatican in Rome of Francis in the previous year. Construction work for the 55,000-viewer arena is scheduled to begin this year.
But San Lorenzo will commemorate his most famous supporter until the funeral of the previous head of the Catholic Church on Saturday in Rome. According to Moretti, the chapel closed on the club area in the west of the capital Buenos Aires will remain open until 9:00 p.m. on Monday after the death message from the Vatican, so that mourners can pray on an improvised altar with a portrait of Francis and say goodbye. In addition, San Lorenzo will commemorate his honorary member in the point game against Rosario Central with a special jersey.