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Pope Francis shows off his basketball skills with the Harlem Globetrotters

Pope Francis pulled off some basketball tricks in Saint Peter’s Square on Wednesday under the guidance of The Harlem Globetrotters.

Three members of the acrobatic basketball team met the Pope at the end of the weekly general audience.

They presented a framed No. 90 jersey backed with “Pope Francis,” and encouraged him to play with them.

With teammates Hi-Lite Bruton, Ant Atkinson, and Big Easy Lofton looking on, Herbert “Flight Time” Lang got a red, white, and blue ball spinning on his own finger, then took the pope‘s right index finger and let a smiling Francis try it himself.

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