Pope mural removed from Rome street

(ANSA) - Vatican City, October 19 - A mural showing Pope Francis playing noughts and crosses with peace symbols instead of Xs and Os appeared Wednesday morning and was removed shortly thereafter, ANSA sources said.
    The mural - painted above a shop window in the Borgo Pio neighbourhood adjacent to the Vatican - was created by Mauro Pallotta, known as Maupal.
    Shortly after Pope Francis's election, Pallotta painted a street art mural depicting the pontiff as a sort of Superman.
    The artist gave Pope Francis a printed copy of that artwork, which was also removed shortly after its creation.