including Argentina's Lionel Messi, will take part in a charity match
sponsored by Pope Francis on Sept. 1, the Vatican media said on
Wednesday.
The match, tagged "the Inter-religious Match for Peace" will take place
in Rome's main stadium, the Vatican Information Service said.
Alongside Messi, the advertised list of participating players has
Gianlugi Buffon, Andrea Pirlo, Samuel Eto'o and Yuto Nagatomo, as
well as former footballers like Zinedine Zidane, Roberto Baggio and
Javier Zanetti.
Zanetti, who retired in May, had suggested organising "a sporting
event uniting people of different religions'' when he met the Pope last
year.
He had met Pope Francis along with the rest of the Argentine national
team, the Vatican said.
Tickets for the match will go on sale on Friday, and proceeds will go to
Scholas Occurentes, an educational charity supported by the Pope, and
to Zanetti's PUPI foundation.
This will help children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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