Pope Leo XIV received a T -shirt from the Brazilian team donated by former Right Right Marcos Evangelista de Morais – known in sport as Cafú -, captain who led the Brazilian team in its fifth world title in Korea – Japan 2002, after beating Germany in the final.
“With respect and affection, of Captain Cafú,” says the dedicated dedication in the Brazilian shirt donated to Pope León this June 11, in the framework of the General Audience of Wednesdays in the Vatican.
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“A special moment in a special day for our Brazilian team,” the player wrote today on Instagram. “We are the only nation that has been in all World Cups and now we have the blessing of following our path to Hexa.”
Cafu is in Rome to attend the jubilee of athletes, which will be held next weekend. Bicampeón in 1994 and 2022, Cafú is the only player in history who has played three World Cup finals:
1994, when they beat Italy by penalties and dedicated the victory to the late Formula 1 pilot, Ayrton Senna; 1998, when Brazil lost 3 to 0 against France; and 2002, when with 2 goals from Ronaldo, “the phenomenon,” defeated Oliver Kahn’s Germany.
Translated and adapted by the ACI Press team. Originally published in Aci digital.
Nathália Queiroz
I have been writing for ACI Digital for eight years and since 2023 I am a correspondent in Brazil of the news Ewtn News. I am certified in Spanish by the Cervantes Institute. I have experience writing religious content for Catholic media in Portuguese and Spanish and translating religious websites. I am married, I have three children and I have been a catechist for more than 15 years. I write from Petropolis, in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).