A collection of headlines and news about the Saints and the NFL for Thursday, March 26
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Gayle Benson, Archbishop Checchio pitch New Orleans during moving visit with Pope Leo
Gayle Benson pitched a papal visit to New Orleans during her Monday meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican in Rome. During a 35-minute meeting in the pope's private library in the Apostolic Palace, Benson and Archbishop James Checchio expressed their hope that he would visit New Orleans during a future U.S. visit, highlighting reasons why the city should be a priority in a future papal itinerary, said Greg Bensel, the Saints and Pelicans senior vice president of government relations, who attended the meeting with Benson.SEE MORE>>
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New Orleans Saints Owner Gayle Benson meets with Pope Leo XIV
New Orleans Saints Owner Gayle Benson and Archbishop James Checchio of the Archdiocese of New Orleans met with Pope Leo XIV in his private library in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on Monday. Joining the delegation meeting with Pope Leo was the Archbishop-emeritus, Archbishop Gregory Aymond, and Saints Senior Vice President of Government Relations Greg Bensel and Wayne LaJaunie, Benson's brother.SEE MORE>>
