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Sport at the Service of Humanity Vatican Follow-up Conference at Villanova University Explores Faith and Sport at the Collegiate Level

Growing Vatican movement continued in conversation around collegiate sports

Working group initiative established to develop additional strategies for collegiate sports aimed at fulfilling the Vatican’s six Principles for “Sport at the Service of Humanity”

VILLANOVA, Pa.—Vatican officials along with leaders in the world of higher education and college athletics joined together at Villanova University June 7-8 for the first follow-up conference on the Vatican’s “Sport at the Service of Humanity” initiative. The conference was the first to be sanctioned by the Vatican following its inaugural conference on faith and sports in Rome in October 2016.