Owner of SSC Napoli football club, Aurelio De Laurentiis (L) speaks to Pope Francis (R) as co-Director of the NGO Scholas Occurentes Jose Maria del Corral (C) looks on, after De Laurentiis presented the Pope with a jersey of SSC Napoli flocked with his name, during the “Eco-Educational Cities” conference organised by Scholas Ocurrentes and […]

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