New DVD highlights Catholic faith of top baseball stars

Published: 2007-03-29

PHOENIX (CNS) -- Baseball is filled with champions who perform well on the field. But it is also packed with what Tom Allen and Jose Morales have dubbed "champions of faith." Allen, president and editor in chief of Catholic Exchange, and Morales, host of the "Catholic Exchange Today" radio program, decided to seek out Catholics in baseball a few years ago. The result is "Champions of Faith: Baseball Edition." The movie premiered March 25 in Phoenix and the DVD was to be released at the beginning of the 2007 baseball season April 1. "We wanted to make a film that would appeal to the lukewarm Catholics, the majority. The ones that are out there more intent on watching ESPN and Fox Sports than on going to confession regularly or going to Mass," Allen said at the premiere. "We're honoring God, we're honoring the Catholic Church and we're also honoring these amazing guys who speak so courageously, beautifully, eloquently and powerfully about their Catholic faith."

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