Pope declares Lionel Messi 'is not God' - and says it is sacrilege for football fans to describe him that way
The pontiff was speaking to host Jordi Evole on the 'Salvados' programme broadcast on Spanish TV channel La Sexta when he was asked about people referring to Messi as 'God'.Sacrilege: Pope Francis told Spanish TV it was 'in theory' wrong to believe FC Barcelona striker Messi was God
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