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The legendary Harlem Globetrotters added a new member to the squad, he’s 5’9″, hails from Vatican City  and can now spin a basketball on his finger.  Welcome, Pope Francis!

His Holiness has been named an honorary member of the squad, which is celebrating its 90th year on the court.

In the cool video the guys try to help Pope Francis pull off one of their signature tricks, and he kinda sorta pulls it off.

A rep for the team tells TMZ Sports, “This is only the 9th time in 90 years that we’ve had an honorary member. He knew who they were. He was laughing with the guys. He was very talkative.”

In fact, the team actually invited their newest member to their Friday night game in Rome question is, will he suit up?

Answer from the rep: “I don’t think so, he’s pretty busy.”

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