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Barbecue, cheesesteak and cash for charity is on the line.
On Super Bowl Sunday, players for the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles are vying for a championship, a ring, money ($178,000 for winners versus $103,000 for losers), and a lifetime achievement.
The Catholic bishops of their respective dioceses have more modest things at stake: food, a $500 donation and bragging rights.
Even so, the bishops talked some clerical smack earlier this week over their purportedly friendly wager.
It’s a rematch for Kansas City Bishop James Johnston and Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson Pérez, whose city’s teams played each other in the Big Game two years ago. (Kansas City won, 38-35, the first of two Super Bowl victories in a row. Philadelphia won the title in 2017, its only championship in the Super Bowl era.)
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On Super Bowl Sunday, players for the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles are vying for a championship, a ring, money ($178,000 for winners versus $103,000 for losers), and a lifetime achievement.
The Catholic bishops of their respective dioceses have more modest things at stake: food, a $500 donation and bragging rights.
Even so, the bishops talked some clerical smack earlier this week over their purportedly friendly wager.
It’s a rematch for Kansas City Bishop James Johnston and Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson Pérez, whose city’s teams played each other in the Big Game two years ago. (Kansas City won, 38-35, the first of two Super Bowl victories in a row. Philadelphia won the title in 2017, its only championship in the Super Bowl era.)
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Super Bowl Bishops Renew Rivalry With Public Wager
Barbecue, cheesesteak and cash for charity is on the line.