Worshiping Papi?

[Mark Sacks]

In a newsletter from Hispanic Trending, I came across the following:

On Sundays at La Casa del Carpintero, or the Carpenter's House, they've
raised twin
yellow banners for churchgoers that read "Welcome" and "Bienvenidos."

As a complement to the regular 11:30 a.m. Spanish service at the independent
Pentecostal church, where they've worshipped Papi for years, there's now a
9:30 a.m.
English one where the faithful praise God the Father.

What does "worshipped Papi" mean? God the Father? David Ortiz? I can't
find an   explanation for this.

Marc Sacks
msacks at theworld.com

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