Managing editor Scott Warden writes about a recent time in which he asked God to intervene in a trivial matter — namely, the outcome of a baseball game. It didn’t go as he hoped it would, and a few days later, Pope
Scott Warden recounts a powerful and unexpected pro-life ad that aired during the Super Bowl this February. The ad, produced by Toyota, a sponsor of Team USA, featured Jenny Long, a 13-time Paralympic gold medalist, and briefly shares the story of that
Tommy Lasorda, who won two World Series titles during his 21-year managerial reign with the Los Angeles Dodgers and became an ambassador for baseball in retirement from the sport, died Jan. 7 in Los Angeles at age 93.
Lasorda, a Catholic, died at
A delegation representing the National Basketball Players Association, a union representing professional athletes from the NBA, met with Pope Francis and spoke with him about their work in promoting social justice.
The players association said the group meeting the pope Nov. 23 included:
The novel coronavirus pandemic has upended university life, but it is having a particularly disruptive effect on college athletics. At hundreds of universities and colleges around the country, many athletes will not participate in fall sports this year because several Division II
With a new Major League Baseball season underway, Our Sunday Visitor managing editor Scott Warden recalls the great baseball writing of his former colleague Bob Lockwood. He writes: “While Bob didn’t always write about baseball, it was his pieces on baseball that
A baseball season and team are not often synonymous with religious or spiritual themes, but for Msgr. Stephen Rossetti, using words such as "miracle," "grace" and "faith" are actually the best ways to describe the 2019 World Series champion Washington Nationals.
"It's a
When Zoe, 10, showed up late for summer camp at the Vatican, she did not expect to see Pope Francis there.
"I froze because it was a surprise and I had never seen him before. I liked him a lot. I was very
Sports can offer a unique witness of unity that can build a "bridge of peace" between men and women of different religions and cultures and promote solidarity, Pope Francis said. In his first audience after restrictions to prevent the spread of the
Following the death of Don Shula, the winningest coach in NFL history, those who knew him well said that despite his accomplishments on the field, it was his deep faith and love of the Catholic Church that made him remarkable. Archbishop Thomas