MARIO BALOTELLI CHASES POPE FRANCESCO AT THE END OF THE HEARING AND SPEAK IN PRIVATE

Mario Balotelli had told him the day before: I hope to speak for a few minutes with Pope Francesco, so at the end of the hearing in the Vatican, and the Pope was coming out of the sala Clementina, Balotelli got up abruptly and stalked. Mario asked to speak privately with Francis, got permission, and withdrew for a few minutes with the Holy Father. The two stopped talking in a room next door and, on leaving, Balotelli appeared very moved and excited but didn’t want to tell anyone the contents of his conversation with the Pope.