Pope mistakenly Tweets support for U.S. 'Saints' football team

[Victoria33]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-saints-football/pope-mistakenly-tweets-support-for-u-s-saints-football-team-idUSKBN1WT0PZ

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Some saints wear halos, other saints wear helmets.

The Vatican employees who manage Pope Francis’ official Twitter account in English confused the two on Sunday when Tweeting about five new saints he canonised in St. Peter’s Square…

“Today we give thanks to the Lord for our new #Saints. They walked by faith and now we invoke their intercession,” the Tweet read.

Mistakenly? I guess, hashtags are hashtags.

 

[IdaCatholic]

Quick! Someone get the iPhone out of papa’s hands!

 

[EmmaSowl]

I think it’s kind of cute. I’m ignorant enough about Twitter to have made the same mistake.

Some of the fan responses were cute, too.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Sounds like Pope Francis has been hanging out with @(name removed by moderator)

 

[Dr_Meinheimer]

Good thing he wasn’t tweeting about the New Jersey Devils. Who knows how that could have been perceived…

 

[poche]

Hey, if the Pope wants to cheer the Saints on, who am I to judge?

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Hey, if the Pope wants to cheer the Saints on, who am I to judge?

I’m okay with the Pope supporting the Saints. But if he starts supporting the Steelers, THEN I will complain to LifeSite, OnePeterFive, and Fr Z.

 

[Feanor2]

And they will pick up the story too.

 

[Glennon_P]

So what does the Pope do on October 27 when the Saints play the Cardinals?

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Probably what JFK did when two colleges that both gave him honorary degrees played each other.
Cheer for one team and pray for the other

 

[abucs]

So what does the Pope do on October 27 when the Saints play the Cardinals?

I think the Cardinals are a feeder team for the Saints. hahaha.

 

[IdaCatholic]

Given the problems that the cardinals have had lately. I think He will still go for the saints.

And I don’g mean football.

 

[poche]

I remember hearing how a generation before I was born, the nuns used to send children home for the weekend with the exhortation that they should pray for Notre Dame to win.

 

[Maximus1]

What other team would a Pope call favorite?

 

[F_Marturana]

The Cardinals.