From flags to a life-size statue, images and homages to Pope Francis were visible all around the Pedro Bidegain stadium in Buenos Aires on Saturday as his beloved San Lorenzo de Almagro soccer team ...

From a commemorative jersey to a stadium in his name ... many remarking on the strange coincidence of his time of death in Argentina, 2:35, at age 88 and his club membership number: 88235.

From a commemorative jersey to a stadium in his name ... on the strange coincidence of his time of death in Argentina, 2:35am, at age 88 and his club membership number: 88235. Argentine soccer great ...

Fan 88235: Pope Francis Honoured by Hometown Soccer Team in Argentina By Lucinda Elliott ... Special commemorative jerseys will be worn for Saturday's match against Rosario Central, Moretti ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file) FILE - Pope Francis holds a San Lorenzo's jersey ... alongside soccer player Lionel Messi at the Carlos Mugica neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday ...

Argentina Soccer Team ... as his beloved San Lorenzo de Almagro soccer team took to the field for the first time since the pontiff's death. Players wore jerseys with images of the late Pope ...

Football features heavily in tributes to soccer-loving Pope Francis in his native Argentina Pope Francis was a lifelong fan of Buenos Aires club San Lorenzo From a commemorative jersey to a ...

REUTERS FILE PHOTO BUENOS AIRES — Argentina-born Pope Francis, who died on Monday, is being honored at his local hometown soccer club in Buenos Aires ... Special commemorative jerseys will be worn for ...

Top-flight soccer matches in Italy and Argentina have been postponed after the death of Pope Francis. The Buenos Aires club that the Argentine pontiff supported throughout his life is also ...

Players wore jerseys with images of the late Pope along ... While he never returned to Argentina as pope, a life-size statue of Francis wearing a scarf with the team's colors, blue and red ...

Top-flight soccer matches in Italy and Argentina were postponed after the ... 2014 when Maradona presented the pontiff with a soccer jersey, emblazoned with the name "Francisco" — Spanish ...