As football fans cheer on their favorite Super Bowl team this weekend, Pope Francis hopes we’ll take a moment to reflect on world peace and friendship. In a first for the Vatican, the pope has recorded a video message that will air during Sunday’s match between the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons in Houston. “Great sporting events like today’s Super Bowl are highly symbolic, showing that it is possible to build a culture of encounter and a world of peace,” he says in Spanish.

Source: Huffington Post February 05, 2017 22:50 UTC