Many Argentines have been rooting vocally for their national team, but taking care to pray to the country’s many folk saints.

Despite the headlines of worker deaths, FIFA corruption and L.G.B.T. human rights violations (and yes, banned beer), billions around the world welcome the World Cup with relief.

Before I’m a baseball fan, I’m a Christian. And Jesus is pretty clear about forgiveness.

Live baseball is more sublime and spiritually satisfying than any other sporting event—even when your team loses.

How many of us know real-world cheaters who have just plain gotten ahead, not despite their short-cutting but because of it?

Pope Francis urged athletes in many sports to fight against a throwaway culture that “treats men and women as products, to be used and then discarded.”