Pope says football can teach values of `` honesty , solidarity and fraternity '' Sport should be used as a vehicle of education for young people , he says . Vatican has endorsed lower league club Ancona 's adoption of ethical code . ( CNN ) -- Football should be used to teach young people moral lessons , Pope Benedict XVI said during an audience with representatives from the Italian football league and lower division clubs . Comment:
Pope says football can teach values of `` honesty , solidarity and fraternity '' Sport should be used as a vehicle of education for young people , he says . Vatican has endorsed lower league club Ancona 's adoption of ethical code . Comment: