Ah, it looks likes Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone may be closer to getting his wish of a Vatican Soccer Team than anybody thought as the Clericus Cup opened today under the shadow of the dome of St. Peter's basilica:Rome, Feb. 26, 2007 (CWNews.com) - A team from the Legionaries of Christ bested a Jesuit-sponsored squad in the February 25 opening contest of the Vatican-sponsored Clericus Cup soccer tournament.
The Mater Ecclesiae seminary, run by the Legionaries, beat the Greogian University by a score of 6-0, in a game played on artificial turf before a crowd of hundreds of spectators.
Present at the game were TV camera crews from Latin America and Germany, as well as photographers from around the world. Among the spectators in the crowd was Cardinal Pio Laghi, a former prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, which oversees seminaries.
The Clericus Cup is being contested by 16 teams from the pontifical seminaries, universities, and clerical residences around Rome. The participants include young priests and seminarians from all around the world. The tournament’s final game will played at Rome’s Olympic Stadium.
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