From the Altar to the Track: Marathon-Running Cardinal Highlights Spirituality of Sport

March 24, 2026 World News

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Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, OP, the archbishop of Algiers in Algeria (right), and Khaled Boudaoui after both men ran in the Rome Marathon on March 23, 2026.

Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, the archbishop of Algiers, Algeria, said running is for him a “school of prayer.”

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