At the meeting of Pope Francis with the young people of the international movement Scholas Occurrentes, this afternoon in the Aula Magna of the Augustinianum, in Rome, the president of Naples, Aurelio De Laurentiis, also intervened, who gave the Pontiff a Napoli shirt with the number 10 and the inscription Pope Francis, as well as a small gold foot, modeled on the shape of Diego Armando Maradona's foot, "With which to kick injustice," he said.
The president of Napoli explained to Francesco that he could not expect him to come and plant a tree in the field of the Neapolitan team, but hoped that "he can come to the 'Maradona' to attend a match with 'his' team of Argentina".
De Laurentiis brought to the Pope the greetings of the mayor of Naples Gaetano Manfredi, with the resolution that establishes to "begin working with Scholas also in Naples". And on the educational aspect intervened the archbishop of Naples, Mons. Mimmo Battaglia, according to whom "truth nourishes dreams", speaking of the establishment of "educational tables in the most difficult neighborhoods of Naples", and of the need to "build a network because we as a Church can do little". "Being able to put the boys at the center of our commitment - said Mgr. Battle - means betting on the unpublished of a God who never grows old".