In focus: Miraculous Medal Shrine, World Day for Consecrated Life, former priest faces sexual misconduct charges
Nation/World news briefs: Jan. 30, 2023
Book throws incomplete pass by tying religion to sports
The book’s core is formed by chapters outlining how baseball, football, hockey and basketball have influenced national life and culture in the U.S. and Canada, and vice versa.
Basketball a big draw at Newark school, but there’s much more to it
“Our call is to love each other the way they are. He loves me the way I am. If we get kids to understand it, we’ve done something great to understand each other’s suffering,” said Benedictine Father Edwin Leahy, the school’s headmaster.
Bryant relied on Catholic faith to see him through tough personal times
As the world mourned the loss of basketball great Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others killed in a tragic helicopter crash Jan. 26, many recalled how Bryant gave much credit to his Catholic faith for seeing him through the bad times and strengthening his marriage and family.
Villanova, Loyola Catholic chaplains taking center court at Final Four
Team chaplains, Father Rob Hagan, Villanova University, and Sister Jean, Loyola University, head to NCAA tournament with hopes for championship.
Chance to start boys basketball team ‘a classic God move,’ says sister
Sister Pauline Wolpert, a member of the Leaven of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, entered religious life thinking skills she’d learned on the soccer field, and volleyball, basketball and tennis courts, would have to stay on the sidelines.