
Their studies may be taken up with complex theological and 1)ecumenical reflection, but break times are all about “smashing a six” into the heavens.
Meet cricket’s newest club, St. Peter’s of Rome, made up of students and young priests from the Vatican. The aim, to forge ties with teams of other faiths.
Antony She han Fernando (Sri Lankan 2)Seminarian): We learn lot of things in sports because to accept both victory and defeat. But in…in the life of priesthood, we need to accept things. We need to accept because in the future, as a priest, we know that things are not going to be that easy.
It’s not known if Pope Francis, an 3)avid football fan, sees himself as opening batsman material, but he has made it known that he sees sport as a way the church can communicate with the modern world. His first 4)eleven have grand plans for the future.

Eamann O’Higgins (Club’s Secretary): Our challenge is next year to hopefully play a match with the Anglican communion. Hopefully that will take place at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, and then with other faiths as well.
At its first news conference, the club revealed one of its first aims is to organize matches against students of Muslim and Hindu religious schools, given the game’s popularity in largely non-Catholic South Asia.
The Vatican is reportedly also on the lookout for Indian, Pakistani or Sri Lankan nuns, who’ve played cricket before, to form a women’s team.


他們的學習可能被復雜的神學和對基督教合一的思考所占據,但在休息時間,他們都忙于把球打得高高的好得六分。
現在就來認識一下板球行列最新成立的俱樂部——來自羅馬的圣彼得板球隊,這支隊伍由梵蒂岡的學生以及年輕牧師組成,組隊的目的是與其他宗教的板球隊建立關系。安東尼·謝翰·費爾南多(斯里蘭卡神學院學生):我們從體育中可以學到很多東西,因為成功和失敗你都要接受;但在……在牧師生涯中,我們需要去接受一些東西,因為作為一個牧師,我們清楚地知道未來的事情并不會那么簡單。
無人知曉,身為狂熱足球迷的方濟各教皇會不會認為自己是當開場擊球手的料,然而他卻讓世人知道他把體育看成是教會和現代世界交流的一種方式。他的首支板球隊對未來有著宏偉的計劃。
伊曼·歐·希金斯(俱樂部的秘書):我們的挑戰是希望明年能和圣公會球隊打一場比賽,并希望能在倫敦的羅德板球場舉行,也希望能有機會和其他教會的球隊比賽。
在首次新聞發布會上,該俱樂部透露,其首要目標之一便是組織與穆斯林以及印度教學校學生的板球隊比賽,這是因為在天主教信徒不多的南亞,這項運動非常受歡迎。
據報道,梵蒂岡還希望能夠組建一支女子板球隊,由曾玩過板球的印度、巴基斯坦或斯里蘭卡的修女組成。
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方濟各于2013年3月14日正式任職第266任羅馬天主教教宗,是首位出身于美洲(西半球)、南半球與耶穌會的教皇。