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Cardinal Bertone muses:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (bio<\/a> – news<\/a>), who is well known as a passionate soccer enthusiast, spoke about his favorite game in a conversation with reporters in the town of Alassio. The cardinal said that he thought the Vatican could put together a \u201cmagnificent\u201d team, drawing mostly on the Brazilian students at pontifical universities around the world. He said that during the 1990 World Cup competition, 42 players had once played youth soccer for centers administered by the Salesian religious order. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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