{"id":64101,"date":"2026-02-06T19:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/olympics-opening-ceremony-live-updates-as-2026-winter-games-kick-off-in-milano-cortina\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:27:20","slug":"olympics-opening-ceremony-live-updates-as-2026-winter-games-kick-off-in-milano-cortina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/olympics-opening-ceremony-live-updates-as-2026-winter-games-kick-off-in-milano-cortina\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics opening ceremony live updates as 2026 Winter Games kick off in Milano Cortina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"86.087584215592\">\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/pope-leo-xiv-the-first-american-pope\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Pope Leo XIV,<\/a><\/span> an avid sports fan, marked the start of the Winter Games on Friday by extolling the positive values of sport and fair play while warning that the pursuit of profits and performance risked corrupting sport entirely.<\/p>\n<p>In a message entitled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/en\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2026\/02\/06\/260206d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Life in Abundance<\/a>,&#8221; Leo traced the history of Christian philosophers and popes who identified sports and leisure activities as beneficial for both physical and spiritual development.<\/p>\n<p>He called for sport to be accessible to both poor people and women, especially, and for fans to refrain from turning sport into a fanatical religion. Athletes, too, he said, must refrain from narcissism and becoming obsessed with their image and success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The cult of image and performance, amplified by media and digital platforms, risks fragmenting the person, separating body from mind and spirit,&#8221; he warned.<\/p>\n<p>True sport, he said, calls for a &#8220;shared ethical accord&#8221; between competitors, where the rules of the game are accepted and the integrity of the contest is respected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Accepting the limits of one&#8217;s body, the limits of time and fatigue, and respecting the established rules means recognizing that success comes from discipline, perseverance and loyalty,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Leo, 70, religiously plays tennis and swims, and is a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-leo-gift-cbs-chris-livesay-white-sox-baseball-family-heirloom\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">longtime fan of the Chicago White 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