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Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jul 16, 2014 \/ 12:28 am (CNA<\/a>).- Retired soccer star Javier \u201cPupi\u201d Zanetti, who was captain of the Argentinean national team and of Inter Milan in Italy, will soon don his cleats again to take part in an inter-religious friendly match for peace.<\/p>\n

\tThe Argentinean soccer player will join Roberto Baggio of Italy and Zinedine Zidane of France for the first \u201cInter-Religious Match for Peace.\u201d Lionel Messi, Francesco Totti, Gianluigi Buffon and Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho may also take part, according to L\u2019Osservatore Romano.<\/p>\n

\tZanetti, who is Catholic, was chosen to organize the symbolic game with collaboration from the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences.<\/p>\n

\tZanetti said the game, scheduled for Sept. 1 at Rome\u2019s Olympic Stadium, was the \u201cexplicit wish of Pope Francis,\u201d and that soccer players from various faiths would be invited to play in the name of peace and dialogue.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cHow many values can we bear witness to simply by playing a game?\u201d Zanetti stated.<\/p>\n

\tHe described the upcoming soccer match as \u201ca symbolic gesture to help people understand that it is possible to build a world of peace, based on dialogue and respect for others.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThose who \u201chave ideas different from my own are not my enemies but an occasion for growth and enrichment,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\tThe academy said it expects numerous international soccer stars to take part in the match, although no official rosters have been complied as of yet.<\/p>\n

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