Results from Tag: 'tokyo games'
Life Lessons From Simone Biles: Throw Stones or Give Thanks?
COMMENTARY: The world’s greatest gymnast has shared with us lessons not only of exquisite athletic performance, but of humility, fortitude, prudence and loving care for her fellow teammates and competitors.
Record-Holding Olympic Runner Takes Long-Distance Route to Catholic Church
Alan Webb is drawn by the Eucharist and inspired to pursue ‘eternal Gold.’
Pope Francis Offers Blessing to Athletes at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
The world’s most-viewed international sporting event was postponed in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event, which ends on Aug. 9, is taking place largely without spectators.
Catholics Reach Olympic Heights: Meet Olympians Who Carry the Torch of Faith
This summer many of those athletes whose God-given talents are on display arrive in Tokyo formed in some way by their Catholic faith or education.
Tokyo Archbishop Asks Olympic Athletes Not to Visit Catholic Churches During Games to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19
A dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass is still in place in the Tokyo Archdiocese. The city of Tokyo has already enforced a state of emergency ahead of the Olympic Games, which are scheduled to begin on July 23.
U.S. Olympian Grace McCallum Takes Her Catholic Faith to Tokyo Games
At just 18 years old, McCallum is one of six women competing in the Tokyo summer Olympic games this year.
