This year's Futsal European Championship of the Catholic priests will be held on February 13-17. will be held in Timișoara (Romania), announced the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timişoara.
About 220 Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic pastors from seventeen European countries will participate in this sporting event, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and, of course, this year's host is Romania.
The championship, which is usually held in different countries every year, was canceled in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic. The competition will continue in 2023 in Timișoara, which this year also holds the title of European Capital of Culture.
The matches of the European Futsal Championship for priests are played on an indoor pitch according to the current rules, with official, certified referees. Teams and priests from different countries have the opportunity to share Christian-Catholic values and their common passion for football with other colleagues. Furthermore, on the occasion of each EB, the team members visit new places, cities and countries, get to know the people living there, participate in mass and cultural programs, and get to know the various attractions.
European or national championships usually also serve a charitable purpose. The last Futsal EC took place in 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic, and before that in 2019 in Ulcinj, Bar and Kotor, Montenegro. In 2023, Timisoara and Romania will host this unique European sports event.
civilek.info:
It is not only interesting who will participate in the event, but at least as much who will not be there. The absence of the clergy of the Benelux states and the Netherlands is perhaps not so surprising, since the teachings of Catholicism are interpreted rather strangely in those countries. But where does the national team of the Germans, the French or the supposedly Catholic Spain, for example, remain? Maybe the clergy there are so old that they don't like football anymore? Or is it that there are so few clergy who take up a profession?
Possible. But it cannot also be ruled out that, due to strong anti-Christianity, the clergy of the mentioned countries do not undertake such participation, because they are afraid of the heretics? Indeed, new winds are blowing and the previous declaration by the Ballibes, that the church should remain within the walls of the church, was answered with a new one: the priests should pray and not play football...
Here in Central Europe, however, and in the Balkans as well, the honorable gentlemen just kick the leather. Come on priests!
Source: Timisoara Roman Catholic Diocese
