Fans of the New Orleans Saints might have another reason for thinking that their team is heaven bound this year after Pope Francis accidentally name checked the team in a Sunday tweet ahead of a game with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Five new saints were canonized by the head of the Catholic Church in Vatican City earlier in the day and in a social media missive intended to celebrate the occasion the Supreme Pontiff’s account used the #Saints hashtag which Twitter automatically changed to the NFL team’s twitter hashtag.
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As you might expect, the tweet was quickly seized upon by gridiron fans with some asking when the Pope was going to be releasing his betting picks for the week.
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