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Sarah Escobar represents Ecuador in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. (YouTube screenshot taken from ecuadorolimpicotv via CNA)

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Catholic athlete Sarah Escobar makes history at Winter Olympics

Katie Yoder|Feb 12, 2022|3 Min Read

The Olympic rings are seen at the Shougang Park ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Feb. 2, 2022. The Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing will be held Feb. 4-20 and March 4-13. (CNS photo/Florence Lo, Reuters)

World

Praying for peace, looking toward Olympics, pope emphasizes unity

Cindy Wooden|Feb 2, 2022|2 Min Read

President Joe Biden speaks virtually with Chinese leader Xi Jinping from the White House in Washington Nov. 15, 2021. The White House announced Dec. 6 that the U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the Feb. 4-20 Winter Olympics to protest Chinese human rights abuses. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Religious freedom commission welcomes U.S. diplomatic boycott of Olympics

Catholic News Service|Dec 7, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis holds an autographed football he received from Bayern Munich's soccer team during a private audience at the Vatican in this Oct. 22, 2014, file photo. Teams from the Vatican and the Roma community are set to play a friendly soccer match Nov. 21 in an effort to promote fraternity and an end to racial discrimination. (CNS photo/Alexander Hassenstein, Reuters)

Vatican official: Sports can help restart society after pandemic

Inés San Martín|Nov 16, 2021|3 Min Read

U.S. gymnast Simone Biles is seen at the Ariake Gymnastics Center in Tokyo July 27, 2021, during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)

Faith

Catholics see challenging balance in Simone Biles' decisions at Olympics

Carol Zimmermann|Aug 3, 2021|7 Min Read

Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines poses with her gold medal and Miraculous Medal after winning the gold in women's weightlifting at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics July 26, 2021. Diaz became the Philippines' first Olympic gold medal winner and set an Olympic record. (CNS photo/Hidilyn Diaz, Instagram, via CBCP News)

Faith

Gold medalist weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz inspires the Philippines with her victory and Catholic devotion

Catholic News Agency|Jul 27, 2021|3 Min Read

Abdullah Sediqi of the Refugee Olympic Team reacts after competing in the Taekwondo Men's Featherweight in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics July 25, 2021. This year's Refugee Olympic Team was made up of 29 athletes from a dozen countries who have been living and training in host countries. (Murad Sezer/CNS, Reuters via Crux)

Faith

U.S. bishops say Refugee Olympic Team a reminder human race is ‘family’

John Lavenburg|Jul 27, 2021|4 Min Read

A man wearing a protective mask walks past the Olympic Rings in Tokyo June 27, 2021, ahead of the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games, postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Fabrizio Bensch, Reuters)

World

Olympic athletes to be barred from Tokyo churches due to COVID

Inés San Martín|Jul 13, 2021|4 Min Read

Grace McCallum competes during the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. (©John Cheng/USA Gymnastics)

Faith

U.S. Olympian takes her Catholic faith to Tokyo games

Catholic News Agency|Jul 1, 2021|2 Min Read

Signs for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games are seen at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing April 1, 2021. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a hearing May 18 the U.S. and other countries should boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing diplomatically because of China's human rights abuses. She and others testifying said participating countries should send only their athletes -- but no diplomatic delegation that could lend legitimacy to the Games. (CNS photo/Tingshu Wang, Reuters)

Hearing mulls 2022 Winter Olympic boycott over China human rights record

Julie Asher|May 20, 2021|5 Min Read

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