Calipari excitedly tweets about his trip to see Pope Francis
Like many other Catholics, Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari is encredibly excited about Pope Francis' visit to the United States. Calipari said he lobbied House Speaker John Boehner about seeing the Pope address Congress, and this morning, Coach Cal was there in person at the event. And he was incredibly excited about it.
Coach #Cal is in the House for #PopeFrancis. Pope is the only person who recruits better than Cal . pic.twitter.com/jO1UgRsO5g
— Steve Cohen (@RepCohen) September 24, 2015
I'll be praying for everyone on my prayer list in the pope's presence. I'll throw one in there for the #BBN.
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) September 24, 2015
Just arrived for the big day. With Brett Guthrie. pic.twitter.com/S7ds0Ruc6o
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) September 24, 2015
Believe me, I would have taken a whole bunch of pictures if they would have let me bring my phone inside. LOL. pic.twitter.com/dxOiCSA65i
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) September 24, 2015
With @SpeakerBoehner where the pope addressed a crowd outside the Capitol. Begged him for a year to let me be here. pic.twitter.com/2yOsbLzSA3
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) September 24, 2015
It's pretty cool to see how excited Calipari was about this. Guess being the head coach of one of the top college basketball programs in the country has its perks.
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