The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) decreed seven days and a minute of silence in all matches organized by the entity After Pope Francis’ deaththis Monday (21).
Ednaldo Rodrigues, president of CBF, regretted the death of the pontiff and recalled the meeting with the Argentine.
“It is with great sadness that I received the news of Pope Francis’ death, one of the great names in the struggle for peace in the world. He had a special look at the sport. He believes that sport was one of the factors of transformation, as an instrument of a culture of peace in society,” said the agent.
“The Pope was one of the great encouragement of the CBF struggle against racism in football and also to work to make the sport a decisive vector to include everyone, with competitions of people with disabilities, indigenous people and various often marginalized sectors,” he added.
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The CBF agent was in the European country for the meeting occurred due to the international sports summit. At the time, the president of CBF presented the pontiff with two national team shirts.
