Pope Francis supports Football for Peace match in Rome
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(Vatican Radio) ‘Roma’ bomber Manuel Iturbe is one of the star football players taking part in a “Football for Peace” match, supported by Pope Francis, coming up at Rome’s Olympic Stadium. The “United for Peace” charity event will be played in aid of the educational and social initiatives promoted by the Pontifical Foundation ‘Scholas Occurrentes’ on 12 October.The Foundation is an international project based in Argentina that brings together schools and educational networks from different cultures and religious backgrounds.The “United for Peace” match was presented on Friday morning at a press conference led by José Maria del Corral, President of the Scholas Occurentes Foundation, who said the inspiration for the initiative is to be found in the Pope’s reiterated appeal to build peace by promoting a culture of encounter.“The Pope says that football teaches us to work togeth...
(Vatican Radio) ‘Roma’ bomber Manuel Iturbe is one of the star football players taking part in a “Football for Peace” match, supported by Pope Francis, coming up at Rome’s Olympic Stadium.
The “United for Peace” charity event will be played in aid of the educational and social initiatives promoted by the Pontifical Foundation ‘Scholas Occurrentes’ on 12 October.
The Foundation is an international project based in Argentina that brings together schools and educational networks from different cultures and religious backgrounds.
The “United for Peace” match was presented on Friday morning at a press conference led by José Maria del Corral, President of the Scholas Occurentes Foundation, who said the inspiration for the initiative is to be found in the Pope’s reiterated appeal to build peace by promoting a culture of encounter.
“The Pope says that football teaches us to work together as a team” he said and that is why “the protagonists of this match will be two important Italian football associations (Roma and Lazio) who immediately lent their support” to the initiative.
Star football player Manuel Iturbe, who has already participated in other charity events of the same nature, described matches such as this as “something beautiful”.
“I think that every football player would be happy to be here to participate in this beautiful initiative taken by the Vatican” he said.
Supporting the initiative was also Argentinean Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences who pointed out that sport – and football in particular - are incredibly powerful tools for building peace and unity as they reach and involve and unite young people all over the world.
“It is incredibly important because we aim to reach some 50% of young people who do not receive education with our programmes. An initiative such as this one puts sport and beauty together and is able to communicate the importance of education for all” he said.
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