null / Gearstd/ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Nov 24, 2022 / 09:00 am (CNA).The start of basketball season always coincides with the American holiday of Thanksgiving, lending a proper season to be grateful for the American-born sport. But precisely how grateful should Catholics be for basketball (or any other sport, for that matter)?In a homily on Oct. 29, 2000, St. John Paul II celebrated the world of sport and all it does to prepare Christians to become "athletes of the spirit" who are able to win the imperishable crown of everlasting life."Sports contribute to the love of life, [teach] sacrifice, respect, and responsibility, leading to the full development of every human person," John Paul II remarked.From creativity to solidarity, from old-fashioned fun to heartbreaking sacrifice, these four viral videos exemplify something of the little-known connection between hoops and holiness and why Catholics can be grateful for the sport of basketball.An exercise of body, int
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