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Arts & CultureJesuitical
Zac Davis
Are we closer to ending the stigma surrounding mental health care?
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
Georgetown University is "deeply troubled" to learn that a former tennis coach was involved in the widespread college admission scandal which has entangled many nationally known colleges and universities.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Tom Deignan
There is no way to explain the success of Catholic school athletes without taking into account a wide range of factors—historical, sociological and, yes, spiritual.
An informal boxing match sometime between 1890 and 1910 (Detroit Publishing Co., P., retrieved from the Library of Congress)
FaithShort Take
Amy Koehlinger
As late as the 1970s, boxing saturated U.S. Catholic culture. It reinforced Catholic ideas about the redemptive value of physical suffering; it also offered a powerful form of assimilation to male Catholic immigrants.
Arts & CultureYour Take
Our readers
When asked if sports build character, 75 percent of respondents said yes and 25 percent said no.
Michigan Wolverines guard Charles Matthews tries to defend a shot from Villanova Wildcats guard Donte DiVincenzo in the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championship on April 2, 2018, in San Antonio. Villanova won its second championship in three years. (CNS photo/ Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY Sports via Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Robert David Sullivan
Watching the N.C.A.A. annual college basketball tournament has become a tradition for many Catholics. March Madness is also a huge moneymaker for everyone except the players.