History of the Papacy Podcast · History of the Papacy
A Priest, a Van, and a Team: Lessons from Buffalo’s East Side
·46 min·5 clips
This priest, built like Arnold Schwarzenegger, may be the only one in 2000 years of church history to join the weightlifting 'thousand pound club'.
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A Buffalo priest used sports as pastoral care and earned lasting local respect.
The story presents Monsignor Leo McCarthy as a priest who used football and basketball to reach kids on Buffalo's East Side. Paul McCarthy describes him as someone who met young people where they already were and made discipline, dignity, and self-respect part of the lesson.
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