PopeWatch pays zero attention to American sports, let alone soccer, but he finds this amusing:
Go here to read the rest. No hope PopeWatch assumes for an outbreak of papal soccer hooliganism. (More’s the pity!)
PopeWatch: Soccer Holy War
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
I can root for both.
I misspent some time with NATO in West Germany in the early 1970’s. And, the warden and I hosted in our home several of my son’s Argentine fellow graduate (engineering) students: outstanding, young gentlemen. They made us a beef barbecue feast Argentine-style.
I wasn’t expecting a German rout, but I knew they would be organized, disciplined and aggressive. Brazil sans Neymar went into it (I think) without “heart.”
Two decent and holy people resolving to not care about soccer. Truly, they are examples for the world.
I’ve got to point out: Jason Bach’s Catholic Comic called this last month!
(Why hasn’t Pope Watch linked him before? *grin* Yes, that’s a gratuitous plug. I’m still campaigning to have a son named Valentine, and his comic is my main ammunition in the face of “seriously? Too girly.”)
Fantastic Foxfier!
Funny Foxifier. I was going to post a comment saying Germany wins because they appreciate the fundamentals of the game while Argentina’s play is imprecise, but that comic tops it.