Football focus: Pope Francis handed Celtic shirt as he meets worshippers at Vatican

Pope Francis was given an unexpected gift after meeting worshippers yesterday as a group of Scottish tourists presented the Pontiff with a Celtic football shirt. The Pope met worshippers following his weekly general audience in the Vatican and members of the crowd took the opportunity to gift him a replica shirt of the Glasgow club in front of millions watching on a special online stream from across the world. It comes just days after the Pontiff made another foray into football as he warned describing Barcelona and Argentina superstar Lionel Messi as “god” was sacrelgious.