'Sports are at home in the Church,' says Pope [CWN]

[CWN_News]

Pope Francis spoke to members of Italy’s National Olympic Committee on December 19 and said that sports “are at home in the Church.”"Sport has always favored a universalism …

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[Nelka]

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[turtle18]

Look out-if the secular press get ahold of this the headline will be “Pope says its okay to miss Mass on Sunday to watch football instead”

 

[Path_Finder]

The Pope offered his “best wishes” to the Italian organizers, who are hoping to be chosen as hosts for the 2024 Olympic Games. But the 78-year-old Pontiff added with a smile,** “I won’t be around.”**

From the above story, the Yahoo story makes the dramatic headline:

Pope says will not be around in 10 years

news.yahoo.com/pope-says-not-around-10-years-153244751–oly.html

Greeting athletes and officials from the Italian National Olympic Committee, the 78-year-old pontiff wished them well with their bid to host the 2024 Games,* but said he would not be around to watch them.
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“Dear friends, best wishes for Rome’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games,” he said. “***I will not be there. ***May the Lord bless all of you and your families.”

It is an interesting note to this but I don’t think too much can be made of this. Maybe he just means he would not be watching it on TV or go to the games. I don’t know if the Pope went to the games when I believe Turin hosted the Winter Olympics a few years back.

 

[Robert_Sock]

The tide in the Church keeps on changing, which is to be expected in a rapidly changing world, but the Church should distance itself as much as possible from things in the secular world and focus on the salvation of souls.

LOVE!

 

[MarcoPolo]

In 2013, Pope Francis gave public addresses to rugby players and on a separate occasion football (soccer) players.