Vatican City, 23 July 2014 (VIS) – An
“Interreligious Match for Peace” will be held on 1 September at
8.45 p.m., at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. The event will involve the
participation of world level players and coaches such as Lionel
Messi, Gianluigi Buffon, Zinedine Zidane, Javier Zanetti, Roberto
Baggio, Andrea Pirlo, Yuto Nagatomo and Samuel Eto'o, and the
proceeds will be donated to charity.
The idea for the match originates from
April 2013, when the Pope met with the Argentine and Italian teams
following a friendly match between them. On that occasion, the
footballer Javier Zanetti communicated to the Pope his idea of
organising a sporting event uniting people of different religions. A
year later, the idea took shape. Tickets for the event will be
available from Friday 25 July, and all the proceeds will be donated
to “Scholas Occurrentes” and to the P.U.P.I. Foundation.
Scholas Occurrentes is an educational
organisation, supported by Pope Francis through the Pontifical
Council for Sciences, that uses technology, art and sport to promote
social integration and the culture of encounter. The P.U.P.I.
Foundation is a non-profit organisation created by Paula and Javier
Zanetti over ten years ago, promotes and supports distance adoption
programmes and assistance for children in difficult social
conditions.
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