{"id":97131,"date":"2014-07-12T08:42:59","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T04:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=97131"},"modified":"2014-07-12T08:42:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-12T04:42:59","slug":"vatican-calls-on-to-everyone-to-pause-for-peace-at-the-world-cup-final-and-insists-there-is-no-rivalry-between-argentinian-pope-and-his-german-predecessor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=97131","title":{"rendered":"Vatican calls on to everyone to ‘pause for peace’ at the World Cup final (and insists there is no rivalry between Argentinian pope and his German predecessor!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Vatican has called on spectators at Sunday’s World Cup final to ‘pause for peace’ before the game, while continuing to play down rivalries between Pope Francis and his predecessor.<\/p>\n

A senior Vatican official asked football fans to take a moment before the final game at the Maracana stadium to remember those affected by war and poverty.<\/p>\n

The official also sought to play down ‘amusing’ rumours of rivalry between Argentine Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict, a German, saying the two had not decided how to spend Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Benedict, the source pointed out, is not a football fan, but added: “Let’s see. The current situation is unique”.<\/p>\n

The Vatican’s spokesman said he did not believe Benedict, now 87 and living his retirement in seclusion in an ex-convent in the Vatican, would watch the match, because of the late hour.<\/p>\n

Francis, on the other hand, is most definitely a football fan having been a keen supporter of San Lorenzo while archbishop of Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the council said it would be up to each fan, each team and each organization, including soccer governing body FIFA, if, how and when they wanted to observe a moment of ‘silence or reflection or pause’ to remember those suffering.<\/p>\n

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