Former Catholic cardinal Bernard Law died Tuesday in Rome, just over 15 years after resigning from his role as head of the Boston archdiocese after the Boston Globe’s investigative team revealed that dozens of priests in the Boston archdiocese had been serially sexually abusing hundreds of boys under Law’s leadership.
When Pope Francis was still known as Jorge Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, he would ride the subway into the most impoverished parts of the city for home visits. If you know only one thing about the guy, that’s likely it—it’s his origin story and, if you’re a true believer, a symbol of his humility and his…
For years, Around The Horn host Tony Reali has proudly worn the mark of Ash Wednesday upon his forehead while hosting that day's program. While other talent on other networks might not have such freedom, Reali's clearly a person who both believes strongly in his faith and works on a program that doesn't take itself…
Pitchers and catchers! Popes, ranked! But how's this for synergy? The late Pope John Paul II, on a visit to California in 1987, stepping inside a batting cage to take a few hacks while a dude and a couple of pontificate minimi stand around talking softball. The Vatican's sports broadcasting division released this…
1. John XXIII
2. Gregory I
3. Leo I
4. Peter
5. Gregory VII
6. Pius IX
7. John Paul II
8. Innocent I
9. Clement II
10. Innocent III
11. John Paul I
12. Clement XIII
13. Linus
14. Felix IV
15. Leo XII
16. Pelagius I
17. Boniface IV
18. Pius VI
19. Evaristus
20. Conon
21. Clement XIV
22. Pius VII
23. Urban I
24. John III
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Here is what we presume was Brian Kelly's internal monologue during Notre Dame's loss on Saturday:
This web site right here is where the dorkwads of ballhawking and the geekwads of baseball stats meet and do a Vulcan salute. There's enough nerdiness here to power 10 Strat-O-Matic leagues and a new season of Battlestar Galactica.
