Im not really a Cricket fan, but Id probably watch at least part of this match (I understand they can go on for days). (Reuters) - The Vatican officially declared its intention to defeat the Church of England on Tuesday - not in a theological re-match nearly 500 years after they split, but on the cricket pitch. The challenge was launched at the baptism of the St. Peters Cricket Club. Vatican officials said the league will be composed of teams of priests and seminarians from Catholic colleges and seminaries in Rome. The seminaries and religious colleges will play each other in a Twenty20 tournament, where games last about three hours. After that, the best players will form a Vatican team, which will be called the Vatican XI, and challenge the Church of England to form its own team of Anglican priests and seminarians to play in London at Lords, the home of cricket. The Vatican team will be able to play anybody in the world. We hope to see a Vatican team playing at Lords, said Alfonso Jayarajah, a Sri Lankan who was the first captain of the Italian national team and a board member of St. Peters Cricket Club. We hope to have ecumenical dialogue through cricket and play a Church of England side by September, said Father Theodore Mascarenhas, an Indian official at the Vaticans Council for Culture, who once played as an off-spin bowler. (Thanks for sharing Ted)
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:41:03 +0000
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