Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh gives Pope Francis a gift

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DETROIT – The University of Michigan football team is currently traveling in Rome - and it looks like they're having fun.

They've played paintball, done some sightseeing - and then they went to the Vatican to meet Pope Francis.

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Head coach Jim Harbaugh was photographed giving Pope Francis a gift - a Michigan Wolverines football helmet.

Check out some of the photos/videos from the day in the Vatican:


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