杏MAP导航: Sport must foster social friendship and fraternity
By Linda Bordoni
Addressing some 15,000 pilgrims gathered in St. Peter鈥檚 Square and believers following the Regina Coeli Prayer through media outlets across the world, 杏MAP导航 Francis on Sunday recalled the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace which is celebrated annually on 6 April.
The World Day was established by the United Nations as an opportunity to recognize the positive role sport and physical activity play in communities and in people鈥檚 lives across the globe.
The global theme for 2024 is 鈥�Sport for the Promotion of Peaceful and Inclusive Societies鈥�.
The Holy Father upheld its values saying 鈥淲e all know how practising a sport can educate to an open, supportive, unprejudiced sociality.鈥�
However, he continued 鈥淔or this we need leaders and trainers who do not only aim at winning or making money: Let us promote a sport that fosters social friendship and fraternity!鈥�
Prayers for victims of South Africa bus crash
The 杏MAP导航 also recalled a bus crash in South Africa鈥檚 Limpopo Province in which 45 people were killed as they headed to an Easter conference on Holy Thursday.
鈥淚 wish to remember the people who died in the bus crash in South Africa a few days ago. Let us pray for them and for their families,鈥� he said.
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