Pictures | Pope Francis Receives FC Barcelona President In The Vatican.

 

Pope Francis today received FC Barcelona soccer club president as he leads a meeting for the 4th World Congress of Educational Scholas Occurrentes in the Synod hall at the Vatican.

Bartomeu signed an agreement between the FCB Foundation and Scholas Occurrentes, a network of schools being promoted by the pontiff. Barça is the first sports club in the world to make such a deal.
The club delegation led by President Josep Maria Bartomeu was in the Vatican City on Thursday to sign the agreement between the FC Barcelona Foundation and the Scholas Occurrentes charity to set up joint educational actions to promote values. FCB was also represented by vice-president Jordi Cardoner, the vice-presidents of the Foundation, Ramon Pont and Ramon Cierco and director Pau Vilanova.

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