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Pope Francis waves to the crowd at St Peter's Square.
Pope Francis waves to the crowd at St Peter's Square. Alessandra Tarantino
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Cubs' World Series win makes waves in the Vatican

16th Nov 2016 11:42 AM

BASEBALL: There now could be a Cubs cap taking pride of place somewhere in the Vatican.

After Chicago's amazing drought-breaking World Series win earlier this month, Pope Francis has received a blue Cubs cap and a baseball signed by the team from Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich, who posted a photo on Twitter.

"News of the @Cubs win reached all the way to the #Vatican! @Pontifex can now celebrate with us and he asks for our prayers,” Cupich tweeted.

The Argentinean pope, who is, no surprise, a big soccer fan, will ordain Cupich as a cardinal on the weekend, but before that came the important matter of talking baseball.

The Cubs needed a miracle to win their first title in 108 years. They won the best-of-seven match-up after coming back from a 3-1 deficit.

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