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February 13, 2021

James McClean targeted by sick Bloody Sunday hate mail

Irish footballer James McClean has received sickening hate mail taunting him about the Bloody Sunday massacre. McClean’s wife Erin revealed that the Derry-born winger, who plays for EFL Championship club Stoke City and the Republic of Ireland national team, received the hate mail in his personal email inbox. Uploading a screenshot of the message to... Read More
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January 23, 2021

Star NFL quarterback announces retirement on feast of athletes’ patron saint

After 17 seasons in the NFL, quarterback Philip Rivers will begin his next career as head football coach at St Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope in the Mobile Archdiocese. In May, the school named Rivers “head coach-in-waiting” whenever his playing career was over. Rivers played last season with the Indianapolis Colts and announced his retirement... Read More
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January 16, 2021

Elected officials need a ‘public servant’s heart,’ Schwarzenegger says

He’s back. Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, leaning on his Catholic upbringing in Austria, said a “public servant’s heart” is needed in America’s elected officials, especially after the 6th January Capitol siege that prompted the remarks. “I grew up Catholic, I went to church, went to Catholic school, I learned the Bible and my catechisms,” said Schwarzenegger in a... Read More
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January 13, 2021

Tommy Lasorda, baseball lifer and Hall of Fame manager, dies at 93

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, has died at the age of 93. Lasorda, a Catholic, died at a Los Angeles hospital on 7th January, an hour after suffering cardiopulmonary arrest at his home.... Read More
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December 16, 2020

Chelsea striker pledges to be ‘voice for the voiceless’

Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud has pledged to be a “voice for the voiceless” as he branded the current levels of global Christian persecution “unacceptable”. The Catholic French international stressed that “we, who are in a certain comfort, must think of those who are suffering enormously”. “Thanks to my notoriety, I can be a voice for... Read More
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December 13, 2020

Exclusive Andrea Bocelli interview in our bumper Christmas Catholic Universe

Internationally renowned and beloved Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli speaks to Nick Benson in an exclusive interview in next week’s special bumper Christmas edition of The Catholic Universe. Bocelli discusses his Catholic faith and how it has inspired his life and career; his record-breaking Easter performance at the historic Duomo Cathedral in Milan; and his latest album, Believe. The tenor also shares a very... Read More
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