New Orleans Saints welcome Pope Francis’ accidental blessings

The New Orleans Saints will take all the help they can get after seven straight losses.

The Saints were the inadvertent recipient of a blessing by Pope Francis on X this month. The Pope accidentally included the Saints’ hashtag in two different posts this week, with the latest post occurring Tuesday.

The second post prompted a lighthearted response from the team, which recently fired coach Dennis Allen.

Thank you for your prayers, Pontiff

We need them 🙏 https://t.co/8SiwDFUHm7 pic.twitter.com/PVdT2LP1bt

— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) November 5, 2024

In April, Saints owner Gayle Benson presented Pope Francis with a personalized jersey during a 10-day trip to Rome and Germany.

This is not the first time Pope Francis has accidentally given the Saints his blessing.

In October 2019, he wrote: “Today we give thanks to the Lord for our new #Saints.” New Orleans beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 13-6 later that afternoon, and the team marked the date on its X account a year later.

A year ago today, we woke up #blessed and highly favored by a tweet on our way to a victory that day ⚜️ @Pontifex 🙏#Saints pic.twitter.com/7J51Uh712k

— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) October 13, 2020