Brazil sends off its World Cup team in the most Catholic way possible

Brazil has very interesting ways of honoring its soccer team.

The South American country is often credited as being the most Catholic country in the world, and its people seemingly showed it as their team took off for the World Cup, hosted in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.

‘The event represents the collective hope of the entire nation.’

Brazilians on the runway at Rio de Janeiro’s Galeão International Airport celebrated their team’s departure by conducting what has been described as both a gigantic blessing and a customary baptism-like ritual.

ESPN reported that the team’s Boeing jet was “blessed” by two airport fire trucks before departing Rio, with their water cannons blasting arches of water as the plane slowly moved through.

Catholicism and soccer are quite the big deal in Brazil;