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Messi: World Cup win a ‘gift from God’

December 19, 2022

Soccer hero Lionel Messi yesterday declared the World Cup victory of Argentina over France as a gift from God. He told journalists in Qatar after the final in the Lusail stadium – which has been hailed the greatest ever – that the triumph of his team was a moment he had “craved” as he reached

Own goal: the Church of England and the World Cup Final

November 26, 2022

With the world’s eyes on Qatar, there’s a huge rumpus brewing in the clergy circles I move in – both face-to-face and on social media – about a suggestion by the Church of England that the World Cup Final on 18 December somehow trumps the last Sunday in Advent and that therefore traditional carol services

Boycotting the World Cup would hit Russia where it hurts

March 23, 2018

In the popular consciousness, nothing will be more effective in punishing Russia than sporting sanctions

World Cup 2014 influenced timing of Benedict XVI’s resignation, says aide

October 03, 2016

The retired pope had hoped to stay in the papacy until 2014, according to Mgr Georg Gaenswein

Families and diocese welcome finding of police ‘collusion’ in massacre of Catholics in Northern Ireland

June 11, 2016

Six Catholics were shot at the Loughinisland pub while watching a World Cup match in 1994

St Peter’s Basilica altar boys and priests join Rome football league

February 22, 2016

The Clericus Cup competition began on Saturday

Morning Catholic must-reads: 30/12/15

December 30, 2015

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Why is FIFA so corrupt? A 14th-century Islamic thinker knew the answer

May 27, 2015

Ibn Khaldun offered a cogent explanation of why corruption thrives within close-knit societies

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