Divine Intervention? Pope Francis May Have Accidentally Blessed the New Orleans Saints With a Victory Thanks to This Accidental Tweet
The New Orleans Saints may have had a little help from the Vatican in their win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
On Sunday, Pope Francis tweeted a few words of prayer, but when he added a hashtag to the word “saints” he accidentally turned his words of faith into words of support for the NFL team, which Saints fans absolutely loved.
It all started when the Pope tweeted giving thanks for “our new #Saints”, which the Sporting News reports was most likely a reference to a group of actual saints that the Pope had recently canonized. (The Catholic Herald has more details on that). By affixing the hashtag to the word Saints, though, caused the fleur de lis symbol associated with the NFL team to pop up, alerting Saints and NFL fans to the Pope’s seeming support for the team.
Today we give thanks to the Lord for our new #Saints. They walked by faith and now we invoke their intercession.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) October 13, 2019
Understandably, Saints’ fans had a field day with the divine intervention, responding to the Holy Father’s tweet with all sorts of New Orleans booster phrases and thanks for the support.
geaux God
— 🤲🏾⚓️ (@nat_stylo) October 13, 2019
Who Dat, father
— DG (@hacksawDG2) October 13, 2019
Saints fans took their officiating complaints all the way to the Vatican
— Bridget (@bridgetgoirish) October 13, 2019
— Cruz Oxenreider (@TheRealCruzOx) October 13, 2019
Pope Francis told 18 million followers that he was #WhoDatNation I love it.
— Black Homelander (@mrajcustard) October 13, 2019
You misspelled "interception."
— trick-or-treater (@neontaster) October 13, 2019
Jacksonville Jaguar fans may have been torn between their faith in the team and their faith in the Pope:
Every Catholic in Jacksonville: pic.twitter.com/m26QsjC532
— ⚽️ Adam Hester 🏃♀️ (@AHester32) October 13, 2019
Soon, other sports fans jumped in hoping the Pope would consider blessing their team next, but the Pope has yet to respond to their pleas.
Do the Astros now please
— B (@BritniB714) October 13, 2019
Can the @Cardinals get a tweet from @Pontifex ? It worked for the #Saints 😂#marriedtoacardsfan #STLouis pic.twitter.com/rZ81q23dfj
— Lindsay (@RamstetterPhoto) October 14, 2019
Any blessings for the @nyjets?
— Luigi (@Luigi82) October 13, 2019
Hey @Pontifex how about giving the @Eagles some love? God Bless!
— Keith Caldwell (@Keithc01Keith) October 13, 2019