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I am alone; I ask God to help me...': Why did an ex-professional player read the Bible before Pope Leo XIII during his visit to Monaco?

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On March 29 and continuing into the morning of Sunday evening on Saturday night according to local time in France but reported as happening during Pope Leo XIII's visit, former goalkeeper Guillaume Warmuz read from the Bible before His Holiness at Monaco.

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    Guillaume Warmuz, the former goalkeeper for RC Lens and an emblematic figure of his club's history at age eighty-four
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    Read a passage from the Bible directly in front of Pope Leo XIV during His visit to Monaco on March 29th.
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    "I am alone," he reportedly told God while reciting scripture, expressing personal vulnerability before religious authority.
[Mar 30] Guillaume Warmuz read the Bible in front of Pope Leo XIV during his visit to Monaco (Lefigaro.fr)
[Feb Mar 29, late evening - approx. hours before midnight on March 1st] Warmuz recited scripture directly from a book while the Pape was present in front of him.