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Why does the Catholic Church condemn the sport of boxing?
- Thread starter PaulCyp
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Frozen Phoenix
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Really? Then might as well take rugby, fencing, polo, and any sport that can provoke "ouchies" out of the picture.
Dom the Groucho Marxist
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It does not. Individual priests may have, but the Church itself has not.
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great gig in the sky
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I'm a Catholic and I''m not aware of this, but my gut feeling is that it is violent. In fact, it is all violence.
It doesn't. A Catholic magazine called "Civilta Cattolica" ran an editorial denouncing the sport. The priest who wrote the article finds boxing immoral, because the purpose of the sport is to harm one's opponent. This is merely the opinion of one priest. The Vatican has no rules regarding boxing.
It doesn't. A Catholic magazine called "Civilta Cattolica" ran an editorial denouncing the sport. The priest who wrote the article finds boxing immoral, because the purpose of the sport is to harm one's opponent. This is merely the opinion of one priest. The Vatican has no rules regarding boxing.
The Anti-Troll
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I don't know the church's official position on it, if they even have one, but a lot of people view the sport as brutal and dangerous. That can't really be debated since the ultimate goal is to knock the other guy out. Sure, there is strategy and finesse in the sport and a fighter can win without a knockout, but that's not what most fans want to see. They want to see someone knocked out cold, something that usually involves a blow to the head with, in professional fights, no head gear on.