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The 47-member team was founded by Jorge Ramírez shortly after Jorge Bergoglio was named pope. Despite its name, Pope Francis is not officially affiliated with the Papa Francisco club. "Our motto is no hooligans, no violence and no insults," Ramírez said.
Despite being nicknamed “The Saint of the South,” the team could not get through its first match without incident. "It will be a complicated thing if we insult others," said midfielder Fabian Gaddi, "but the pope is Argentinian and he knows and understands us."
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