Mario Balotelli, Lionel Messi and other Italy and Argentina stars (Photos)

Pope Francis receives a gift from Argentina's soccer player Lionel Messi and Italy's goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon during a private audience at the Vatican

And Lionel Messi provides an answer to the question: what do you give the man who has everything, including the ear of God? A pot plant.

Talk about a busy schedule, where does Mario Balotelli find the energy to get dressed in the morning? Do flights of angels guide him to his vest?

We'll leave that to the theologians, but Balotelli was certainly suited and booted when he joined the Italian and Argentine national squads for a meeting with the current Pope, Francis More...