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Pope Francis welcomed Celtic Football Club at the Vatican today and spoke about the 'valued legacy' of Celtic.The Pope discussed how it was originally established to help fight poverty, and told the team: "I pray that you will continue to remember and bear witness to everything that makes sport genuinely good and noble. "May Almighty God bless each of you and your families. I wish you a safe journey home to Scotland."WATCH ABOVE.
Transcript
00:00 [ Background noise ]
00:12 [ Background noise ]
00:31 >> For Celtic, the sector forward.
00:34 [ Laughter ]
00:36 >> Thank you, thank you.
00:40 [ Foreign Language ]
00:47 >> The most beautiful element of sport is self-giving, gratuitousness.
00:53 [ Foreign Language ]
00:58 >> The beauty of playing together.
01:01 [ Foreign Language ]
01:10 >> Please never lose the amateur dimension of sport.
01:13 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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