{"id":11160,"date":"2024-01-13T16:53:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T14:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roma2024.eu\/stefano-mei-hands-rome-2024-jersey-to-papa-francesco\/"},"modified":"2024-01-13T21:31:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T19:31:30","slug":"pope-francis-presented-with-roma-2024-t-shirt-at-the-vatican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roma2024.eu\/en\/pope-francis-presented-with-roma-2024-t-shirt-at-the-vatican\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis presented with Roma 2024 T-shirt at the Vatican"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11160\" class=\"elementor elementor-11160 elementor-11153\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb07291 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb07291\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-095383d\" data-id=\"095383d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4270a0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4270a0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL) and EuroRoma 2024 Foundation President Stefano Mei attended a private audience at the Vatican to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Athletica Vaticana \u2013 Athletics Vatican \u2013 sports club on Saturday (13).<br>During the ceremony for what is often described as the Holy See\u2019s first sports club, which is also affiliated with FIDAL, Mei presented Pope Francis with a Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships T-shirt.<br>\u201cI told Pope Francis that would be a great honour to welcome him to the Olympic Stadium for the Championships,\u201d said Mei, who was the 1986 European 10,000m champion.<br>Mei also presented the Pope with another gift: a reproduction of the European Athletics Team Championships trophy won for the first time by the Italy in Silesia last June.<\/p><p>In the Apostolic Palace\u2019s historic Clementine Hall in the Vatican, Pope Francis welcomed of Athletica Vaticana\u2019s athletes, coaches, administrators, and their families, and commented on his, &#8220;joy for the presence of Athletica Vaticana on the streets, tracks and playing fields.&#8221; <br>Pope Francis added that, \u201cit is significant that our meeting takes place in the first days of 2024, which is the Olympic and Paralympic Year. 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