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Canada’s Men’s National Soccer Team heads into the FIFA World Cup on home ground without a designated chaplain.

As Vancouver prepares to host its first-ever FIFA World Cup match on June 13, the Archdiocese of Vancouver will open the doors of Holy Rosary Cathedral for a Nightfever event.

Prestige, patriotism and spectacle are coming to Canada, the United States and Mexico courtesy of the 2026 FIFA World Cup starting on June 11.

More than 50 years before the first Paralympic Games were held in 1960 in Rome, the Vatican had already hosted what might have been the very first international sporting and gymnastics event with athletes living with disabilities.

Legendary football coach Lou Holtz died March 4 in Orlando, Florida, at the age of 89, surrounded by his family. Holtz is best remembered for his 11 seasons in South Bend, where he revitalized the Notre Dame football program.

For over four decades, Steve Sellers has walked alongside some of the top athletes in the world as a sports chaplain. With a quiet but steadfast presence, his ministering spirit has been with those chasing success from junior hockey rinks in Calgary and Canmore to Olympic ski hills half a world away.

At the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, Polish ski jumper Kacper Tomasiak made history -- and then went to Mass.

With billions tuned in to the Winter Games in Italy, many will recall highlights from past Winter Olympics over the decades. The Catholic athletes at the Games this year are joining a long tradition of Catholic Olympians.

As the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics officially kicks off today, Canada's Olympians enter the games without a designated chaplain on its mission team.

While most university students are preparing for midterms and tutorials, University of St. Michael’s College student Stephen Gogolev is busy preparing for competition at the Olympic Games.