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Ricky Reyes dribbles the ball up court as now-Father Peter Schirripa follows behind at the national basketball tournament for seminaries in 2022.

Shooting hoops for heaven: Boston seminarians form basketball team for God

Nov 6, 2023

The goal of a team of seminarians from St. John’s Seminary is twofold: victory in the spiritual life and a... Read more

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM.

103-year-old ‘basketball nun’ Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt releases memoir

Feb 18, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

With the motto “worship, work, win,” Schmidt has long been a student favorite at Loyola University of Chicago. Read more

Enes Freedom

Former Celtic who risked NBA career to speak out against China receives human rights award

Dec 9, 2022

By Kelsey Wicks

Former Celtic Enes Kanter Freedom received the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice’s top honor on Dec. 7 at... Read more

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The little-known connection between hoops and holiness

Nov 24, 2022

By Kelsey Wicks

The start of basketball season always coincides with Thanksgiving, lending a proper season to be grateful for the American-born sport. Read more

Pope Francis meets with members of the Italian Basketball Federation at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, May 31, 2021.

Pope Francis: Basketball is a sport that ‘lifts you up to the heavens’

May 31, 2021

He made the remark during an audience with members of the Italian Basketball Federation. Read more

Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt at the first round game of the NCAA Tournament in Dallas, TX., on Thursday, March 15, 2018.

Meet Sister Jean: 98-year-old nun and March Madness Twitter celebrity

Mar 22, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

In the first weekend of the March Madness tournament, the most tweeted-about person might not have been a basketball player,... Read more