CANADA
Vancouver Sun
By Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press
February 11, 2013
MONTREAL – If a Canadian does become the next pope and spiritual leader to the world’s one billion Catholics, the story of his ascension will begin, appropriately enough, on a hockey rink.
The moment of inspiration where Marc Cardinal Ouellet decided he should pursue the priesthood came as he nursed a broken leg, sustained during a hockey game.
Longtime friend Lionel Gendron, a Quebec bishop, says that at the time the teenaged Ouellet was studying in northwestern Quebec to be a teacher.
He says Ouellet was an excellent hockey player.
He says the 68-year-old Ouellet still plays the game with his nephews when he visits his family in Quebec.
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