{"id":6661,"date":"2014-06-18T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges-26816\/"},"modified":"2014-06-18T16:44:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T16:44:00","slug":"world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2014: pray for soccer players, Mexican cardinal urges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/p>\n

Mexico City, Mexico, Jun 18, 2014 \/ 10:44 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The Archbishop of Mexico has joined Pope Francis in calling on the World Cup to be played in an atmosphere of cordiality, and is encouraging fans to pray for the men playing in the tournament.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe are called to make sports an occasion to come together and dialogue, overcoming all barriers of language, race and culture,\u201d Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera said June 15 during Mass at the Cathedral of Mexico City.<\/p>\n

\tHe called on players to display good sportsmanship, and called for prayers that they act responsibly both on and off the field.<\/p>\n

\tSports help to promote human and social values, Cardinal Rivera said, and their impact should not be minimized or limited by who wins or loses.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cSports can contribute to peaceful understanding among peoples and to strengthening the civilization of love,\u201d Cardinal Rivera added.<\/p>\n

\tHe also congratulated all dads on Father\u2019s Day, commending them to St. Joseph as the example in raising their children. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\tDads should put on their \u201cjerseys,\u201d and fulfill their responsibilities towards their kids, he said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cCongratulations to them all. And let us also pray for those dads who haven\u2019t put their jerseys on yet, who have not understood yet the most important part of their vocation, which is the great mission God has entrusted to them to give love, to give love to their children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIn his own message to the World Cup, sent to Brazil June 12, Pope Francis had said that soccer \"is not only a form of entertainment, but also \u2013 and above all I would say \u2013 a tool to communicate values, promote the good of the human person and help build a more peaceful and fraternal society.\"<\/p>\n

\tHe prayed that the World Cup will \u201ctake place with complete serenity and tranquility, always with mutual respect, solidarity and brotherhood among men and women who recognize themselves as members of the same family.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tSo far in the tournament, Mexico has played Cameroon, 1-0, and drew in their match against Brazil. They will play Croatia June 23.<\/p>\n

\tThe U.S. beat Ghana 2-1 on June 16, and is scheduled to play Portugal June 22.<\/p>\n

\tWednesday's matches are Australia v. the Netherlands; Spain v. Chile; and Cameroon v. Croatia.<\/p>\n

\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mexico City, Mexico, Jun 18, 2014 \/ 10:44 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The Archbishop of Mexico has joined Pope Francis in calling on the World Cup to be played in an atmosphere of cordiality, and is encouraging fans to pray for the men playing in the tourname…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americas"],"yoast_head":"\nWorld Cup 2014: pray for soccer players, Mexican cardinal urges<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mexico City, Mexico, Jun 18, 2014 \/ 10:44 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The Archbishop of Mexico has joined Pope Francis in calling on the World Cup to be played in an atmosphere of cordiality, and is encouraging fans to pray for the men playing in the tourname...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Cup 2014: pray for soccer players, Mexican cardinal urges\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mexico City, Mexico, Jun 18, 2014 \/ 10:44 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The Archbishop of Mexico has joined Pope Francis in calling on the World Cup to be played in an atmosphere of cordiality, and is encouraging fans to pray for the men playing in the tourname...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-18T16:44:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/size340\/FIFA_World_Cup_2014_in_Brazil_Credit_Gisele_Teresinha_via_Flickr_CC_BY_20_CNA_6_18_14.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/\",\"name\":\"World Cup 2014: pray for soccer players, Mexican cardinal urges\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-18T16:44:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-06-18T16:44:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\"},\"description\":\"Mexico City, Mexico, Jun 18, 2014 \/ 10:44 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The Archbishop of Mexico has joined Pope Francis in calling on the World Cup to be played in an atmosphere of cordiality, and is encouraging fans to pray for the men playing in the tourname...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"World Cup 2014: pray for soccer players, Mexican cardinal urges\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\",\"name\":\"CNA Daily News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CNA Daily News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"World Cup 2014: pray for soccer players, Mexican cardinal urges","description":"Mexico City, Mexico, Jun 18, 2014 \/ 10:44 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The Archbishop of Mexico has joined Pope Francis in calling on the World Cup to be played in an atmosphere of cordiality, and is encouraging fans to pray for the men playing in the tourname...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"World Cup 2014: pray for soccer players, Mexican cardinal urges","og_description":"Mexico City, Mexico, Jun 18, 2014 \/ 10:44 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The Archbishop of Mexico has joined Pope Francis in calling on the World Cup to be played in an atmosphere of cordiality, and is encouraging fans to pray for the men playing in the tourname...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/","og_site_name":"Catholic News","article_published_time":"2014-06-18T16:44:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/size340\/FIFA_World_Cup_2014_in_Brazil_Credit_Gisele_Teresinha_via_Flickr_CC_BY_20_CNA_6_18_14.jpg"}],"author":"CNA Daily News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CNA Daily News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/","name":"World Cup 2014: pray for soccer players, Mexican cardinal urges","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-06-18T16:44:00+00:00","dateModified":"2014-06-18T16:44:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1"},"description":"Mexico City, Mexico, Jun 18, 2014 \/ 10:44 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The Archbishop of Mexico has joined Pope Francis in calling on the World Cup to be played in an atmosphere of cordiality, and is encouraging fans to pray for the men playing in the tourname...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2014\/06\/world-cup-2014-pray-for-soccer-players-mexican-cardinal-urges\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"World Cup 2014: pray for soccer players, Mexican cardinal urges"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/","name":"Catholic News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1","name":"CNA Daily News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CNA Daily News"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}