As a show of affection from a distance, and through the French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, the Argentine star Lionel messi, who currently plays for Paris Saint Germain in France, sent him a gift special to his compatriot Jorge Mario Bergoglio, better known as Pope Francisco.
The Supreme Pontiff received neither more nor less than a T-shirt from PSG signed and dedicated by the own captain of the Argentine National Team, who has been capturing the attention of the soccer planet since he debuted in 2004 with the FC Barcelona shirt.
“For Francisco with much affection”, wrote Messi in the jacket number 30 of the Parisian cast that he sent to the Pope and that the French Prime Minister was in charge of delivering him on Monday morning, at a meeting held in the Pontiff’s Private Library on the second floor of the Palace. Apostolic of the Vatican. Among the gifts Castex brought him was also an 1836 edition of “Notre Dame de Paris” by Victor Hugo.
It should be remembered that the “Flea” and the Pope, two of the most recognized Argentines in the world, they met personally back in August 2013, in an audience in which he participated as a member of the national team, then directed by Alejandro Sabella. From there they forged a friendly relationship and even the crack had previously sent him signed “Culé” shirts.