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‘Hand of God’ delivered Argentine pope: Maradona

By Korea Herald

Published : March 15, 2013 - 20:04

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Diego Maradona. (AFP-Yonhap News) Diego Maradona. (AFP-Yonhap News)
ROME (AFP) ― Argentine football legend Diego Maradona says the fabled “hand of God” was at work once more in delivering the papacy to his country.

“What joy,” Maradona wrote to Italian daily Il Messaggero. “In my country the ‘hand of God’ has now brought about an Argentine pope.”

Maradona, whose handball goal helped Argentina to beat England and pave the way to World Cup glory in 1986, described himself as a “fervent Catholic.”

“Having a pope from our country is a great honor for all of Argentina,” he wrote in the letter published Thursday.

Buenos Aires Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the first Latin American pontiff, defied expert predictions with his election Wednesday, becoming Pope Francis.

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