The Vatican Gears Up for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris | EWTN News Nightly

Preparations are well underway for the 2024 Olympic games, later this summer in Paris. Among those gearing up is the Vatican and the French Embassy to the Holy See. They are combining forces to host an event on sports and spirituality. With the 2024 Summer Olympics fast approaching, an international conference on sports and spirituality is being organized by the Dicastery for Culture and Education and the Embassy of France to the Holy See. The Church's relationship with sports is well documented. The Second Vatican Council's document on the Church in the Modern World, 'Gaudium et Spes' has a direct mention of it. Pope Francis himself has a great love of soccer – inviting Argentina's national men's team to the Vatican after winning the 2022 World Cup final. EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser has more.

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