Harlem Globetrotters

The Pope has a general audience; nothing unusual about that. The Catholic Herald reports:

Also in the audience was a uniformed delegation from the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.

The Globetrotters performed for Pope Pius XII in 1951, St John XXIII in 1959 and Pope Paul VI in 1968. They met St John Paul II a number of times and even awarded him “honorary player” in 2000.