Cassocks for goalposts: Cardinal plans Vatican FC

A senior Roman Catholic cardinal says he hopes the Vatican may one day field a football team good enough to compete with Italy's top sides.



Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone envisaged a team that might challenge famous Serie A clubs like Roma, Inter Milan and Sampdoria.

He said the Church's seminaries and Catholic youth clubs around Italy were full of talented footballers.



But that was yesterday. Today the Pope's deputy, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone says that he was only joking when he made the suggestion.