Who will win it all? Probably not a Catholic school, but hope springs eternal.
Sports
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Dick Button taught Americans how to watch, judge and love figure skating
Dick Button, the voice of figure skating for half a decade, taught us what figure skating was supposed to be.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A priestly ministry on hockey skates
‘Hockey Priest: Father David Bauer and the Spirit of the Canadian Game’ shows the interplay of spirituality and sport in the world that Father Bauer helped create.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
Has the ‘cult of youth sports’ reached your family?
How do Catholic parents navigate the balance between youth sports and Sunday obligation?
Posted inFaith, News
Kansas City bishop eyes ‘three-peat’ for charity in bishops’ Super Bowl LIX wager
Shouldering a tradition known as the “Bishops’ Bet” — a friendly wager between the Catholic spiritual guides of the respective dioceses of the Super Bowl teams — the two leaders promised to send a $500 donation to the charity of the other’s choice.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Remembering Fay Vincent: MLB commissioner, baseball purist and friend of the Jesuits
It was with heavy hearts that we at ‘America’ learned of the death of Fay Vincent Jr. in Vero Beach, Fla., on Saturday at the age of 86.
Posted inFaith, News
Emails reveal extent of New Orleans Saints’ damage control for Catholic sex abuse crisis
As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an unlikely ally: the front office of the city’s NFL franchise.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What Notre Dame football means to this theology professor
The risk associated with composing a pre-national championship panegyric on the University of Notre Dame’s football team in a Jesuit publication is above average.
Posted inFaith, Features
Soccer vs. Sunday Mass: How youth sports are undermining religion—and hurting our kids
As both father and priest, what worries me most is the spiritual damage I see done to our children as they are scheduled away from both the dinner table and the altar.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Community, universality and hope: The New York City Marathon is a lot like the Catholic Church
As I sit sore and tired, I cannot also help but think that the N.Y.C. Marathon for me is a thin space, a space where I can easily see God’s presence in the world.