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It’s official: The Vatican loves football blogging


Catholic clergymen simply can’t get enough of The Spoiler

It’s been another record month for The Spoiler, thanks in part to the Vatican City, whose blessed residents have visited this site three times in the last thirty days.

We hope you are enjoying Nereida Gallardo, Your Holiness.

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Posted: May 30th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

Against all evidence, Pope says football ‘a positive example for young people’


He obviously wasn’t invited to the Manchester United Christmas party

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In an audience with Giancarlo Abete, head of the Italian Football League, and a delegation of Serie D clubs (that’s Italian for Blue Square conference north), Pope Benedict XVI claimed that football can teach young people important lessons in life.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s counterpart in the Catholic church claimed that

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Posted: January 14th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey