From The Guardian-The Vatican’s new cricket team have announced that they will play both an Anglican team and a Royal Household’s XI on their “Light of Faith Tour” in September.
The Vatican formed its team last year, made up of largely Indian and Sri Lankan priests, deacons and seminarians studying in Rome. The idea was the brainchild of John McCarthy, Australia’s ambassador to the Holy See, who had been to play an Anglican squad in England in a show of ecumenical good sportsmanship.
The match against the Anglican team, to be played on 19 September at Kent’s home ground in Canterbury, has been scheduled in order to forge closer ties between the Catholic and Anglican churches, which split in 1534 after King Henry VIII was refused a marriage annulment. Nearly 500 years later, the two churches remain divided on a host of issues, including female bishops.
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http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jun/23/vatican-cricket-tour-anglican-royal-household-xi
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