'Hockey Priest: Father David Bauer and the Spirit of the Canadian Game' shows the interplay of spirituality and sport in the world that Father Bauer helped create.
Shouldering a tradition known as the “Bishops’ Bet” -- a friendly wager between the Catholic spiritual guides of the respective dioceses of the Super Bowl teams -- the two leaders promised to send a $500 donation to the charity of the other’s choice.
As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an unlikely ally: the front office of the city’s NFL franchise.