Published 20:02 IST, October 14th 2019

Pope Francis mistakenly tweets support for The New Orleans 'Saints'

The twitter handle of the Pope, posted a wrong tweet wherein they congratulated professional football team, The New Orleans Saints instead of the four cardinals

Reported by: Ruchit Rastogi
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official Twitter handle of Pope Francis, recently shared a tweet wherein y congratulated professional football team, New Orleans Saints inste of tweeting about people who were officially canized at St. Peter's square.  tweet praised Lord and thanked him for his blessings while inserting wrong tag.

A tweet gone wrong

One Twitter user h a hilarious take on whole situation wherein he talked about how pope would be perceived by people living in state of Louisiana.

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One twitter user asked if it was a coincidence as Saints won 13-6 against Jacksonville Jaguars in a league match on October 13. 

Meanwhile, Pope Francis canized(a religious process enacted by Christian church) John Henry Newman and four women saints in a religious ceremony that took place at St. Peter's square on October 13.

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Canization of 4 cardinals

John Newman, a scholar, and an artist is a respected figure among Catholics and Anglicans because he was kwn to have pursued his inner voice while enduring extraordinary hardships at a personal level.  When he left Church of England and came to Catholic Church in year 1845, he lost people who were close to him, work and even family ties, accepting truth he was searching for will have an answer that could only be answered within catholic church. 

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or 4 women to be canized are- Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan (India) Founder of Congregation of Sisters of Holy Family, Giuseppina Vannini(India) who founded Daughters of Saint Camillus, Margherita Bays(Switzerland), Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes(Brazil).

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se religious processions happened at start of Latin open-air mass. It was initiated by reing of biographies describing 5 chosen cardinals by Cardinal, Angelo Becciu belonging to group for causes of saints after which Becciu asked Pope Francis to declare 4 cardinals as saints.

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(With inputs from ncies)

19:00 IST, October 14th 2019