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Olympics

In the City of Light, a Marian gem shines

August 3, 2024
By Gretchen R. Crowe
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Olympics, World News

The beautiful sanctuary, rich in blues and gold, and filled with art reflecting Mary’s apparitions, also houses the relics of St. Catherine.

All things French

August 1, 2024
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Olympics

As Catholics, we should stand with our bishops and those around the world when they speak out against the open ridicule of our faith and the blasphemies of our times.

Judo, faith values go together, says judoka priest who oversees Olympic chaplains

July 31, 2024
By Caroline de Sury
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Olympics, Sports, World News

Father Jason Nioka is a former judoka and is now championing the faith as he oversees a team of 40 Catholic chaplains — priests, religious and laypeople — who take turns welcoming the athletes in Saint-Denis, north of Paris.

Criticism of Last Supper parody at Olympics continues; U.S. bishop says apology ‘was anything but’

July 31, 2024
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Olympics, Sports, World News

Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minn., went on X, formerly Twitter, to say that while he complained about the Last Supper scene July 27 on social media and “had no intention of returning to the issue,” he decided to do so after the “so-called apology from the organizing committee” was “anything but an apology,” he said.

Maryland Catholic high school roots for three alumnae swimming for U.S. in Paris

July 29, 2024
By Maureen Boyle
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Olympics, Schools, Sports

Just one day ahead of the grand opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda hosted its own celebration — a pep rally to showcase the community’s love, support and pride for three alumnae Olympians.

Bishops, other Catholics around world decry ‘derision’ of Christianity at Olympics opening ceremony

July 27, 2024
By Caroline de Sury
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Olympics, World News

The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games — a sports festival aimed to unite all nations of the world — created shock and disbelief instead as Catholics around the world felt offended by the parody of the Last Supper, which was part of the opening ceremony.

In the midst of Olympic craze in Paris, Notre Dame guide’s advice is: Watch the beauty of the cathedral

July 22, 2024
By Caroline de Sury
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Olympics, Sports, World News

Even if the spotlight is now on sports stadiums ahead of the July 26 opening of the Summer Olympic Games, a Notre Dame Cathedral guide with four decades of experience recommended it’s the majesty of the cathedral one should turn to in the midst of the Games’ craze in Paris.

Alum of N.J. Catholic high school heads to Olympics after shattering own hurdles world record

July 21, 2024
By Jessica Miano
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Olympics, Schools, Sports, World News

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, an alumna of Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains, N.J., has secured her place on Team USA for the Summer Olympics in Paris by once again shattering her own world record in the 400-meter hurdles at the Olympic trials June 30.

Pope calls for Olympic truce, cessation of conflict among nations

July 19, 2024
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Olympics, Sports, Vatican, World News

With world peace under serious threat, Pope Francis called on all nations to observe the Olympic truce and cease all conflicts for the traditional period before, during and after the Olympic Games in Paris.

Juliette and Isabella Whittaker feel love, support at raucous Olympic send-off at Mount de Sales

July 17, 2024
By Todd Karpovich
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Olympics, Schools, Sports

Juliette and Isabella Whittaker, a pair of Mount de Sales alums, received a raucous send-off rally in front of about 250 people at the school July 18 as they prepared to fly to Paris on July 24.

Mount de Sales celebrates as Whittaker sisters head to Olympics

July 8, 2024
By Adam Zielonka
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Olympics, Schools, Sports

Sisters, track stars and Mount de Sales alumnae Juliette and Bella Whittaker are headed to the Paris Olympics after qualifying for Team USA late last month.

It’s the year of the Paris Olympics. Here are the Catholic must-sees in the French capital

May 1, 2024
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Olympics, Sports, World News

More than 15 million visitors are expected to descend upon the city of Paris this summer for the 2024 Olympics. The French capital will serve as the stage for over 300 events in 32 sports — including, for the first time, breakdancing — to test participants’ adherence to the time-honored Olympic creed: “The important thing in life is not the triumph, but the fight; the essential thing is not to have won, but to have fought well.”

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