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events Bbc World 2026-04-09

Pope Leo XIV Spins Basketball with Globetrotters in Vatican

An exhibition squad from the Harlem Globetrotters met with the current pontiff in the Vatican. The group assisted Pope Leo XIV with spinning a basketball on his fingertip.


US exhibition squad, the Harlem Globetrotters, met the pontiff in the Vatican, helping him to spin a basketball on the tip of his finger.

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