It’s an idea that could definitely catch on: an interfaith group of churches are challenging each other to a home brew competition to be judged in Autumn, with proceeds going to charity.
China – China is facing a conundrum over the “Lin-sanity” phenomenon that is sweeping the world of basketball with the sensational rise of Jeremy Lin, the New York Knicks player. Mr Lin, 23, has gone from obscurity to the world’s most-watched basketball star in under a week. His story – an unwanted player who shines [...]
The “games pastors”, as they are known, will be deployed at airports, bus and railway stations.
At least 74 people were killed in a clash between rival soccer fans at Port Said, Egypt. The incident took place yesterday when the referee blew the final whistle during a football match which saw home team Al-Masri beat Cairo’s Al-Ahly 3-1. Al-Masri fans flooded the pitch, throwing rocks, bottles and fireworks at Al-Ahly supporters, [...]
With just six months to go until the Olympics, Catholic bishops have paid a visit to the East London site to see how things are shaping up. Archbishop Vincent Nichols was accompanied by bishops from three London dioceses, local head teachers and members of the John Paul II Foundation for Sport for the visit to [...]
World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is a changed man after an encounter with God in his sleep after his last fight, he revealed recently. “If I had died last year or in the last two years, I’m sure I would have gone straight to hell,” Pacquiao said in an interview posted on the ABS-CBN News [...]
Dubai: She’s been making her parents, hometown and school proud ever since she was a little girl of eight. Now, a teenager, rising tennis star Rikeetha Pereira continues to win laurels and add more feathers to her already brimming cap. After making her mark in tournaments in the US, Syria and several other countries, Rikeetha, [...]
A former football player Hamilton Bobby died following a cardiac arrest in Kochi, Kerala. He was 44. Bobby, a Catholic and an assistant manager with a bank, fell unconscious at his place of work on Saturday. He was rushed to hospital but could not be saved, family sources said. He had captained Tamil Nadu in [...]
Phoenix, Ariz- Late in the championship game for “big” schools, eighth-grader Alex Pierre collided with his opponent in the end zone. Both landed in the dry grass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Scottsdale, Ariz., a neutral site. As soon as Pierre got up, he instinctively offered his hand to his opponent and helped [...]
Springfield, Ill- Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois ran the Kansas City Marathon on Saturday to help raise money and awareness for pro-life work. He finished the 26.2-mile marathon with a time of 4:08:39, placing 531st out of 1,330 finishers. The race went “very well,” he told CNA Oct. 19. “It’s a little bit [...]
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