The Pope pours cold water on Lionel Messi being God

Well if you’re in the camp that believes Lionel Messi is God on earth, avert your eyes. The Pope just came out to pour cold water on Messi being a god on the pitch.

“You can’t say it and I don’t believe it. I think people say ‘he is God’ just as they say ‘I adore you.’ You have to adore only God. It’s expressions that people use. This is a god with the ball on the pitch. It’s a popular way that people have of expressing themselves. Of course it is a joy [to watch Messi play]. But he is not God.”

Pope Francis | Source

I think what the Pope is getting at is the casual way people refer to something in sports as God. Which for a religious guy like the Pope, would be a problem. This was still a pretty funny quote to wake up too. The fact that someone spent their time with the Pope asking about how people refer to a football player is amazing.