Sister Chelsea Bethany, a Daughter of St. Paul, said: “I’m a Nats fan, except when my home team is playing, which is the Baltimore Orioles.”
Williams, a devout Catholic, has been outspoken about his faith. The pitcher made headlines on May 30 when he became the first MLB player to denounce the Dodgers’ decision to honor an anti-Catholic group known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
In a public statement, he decried the Dodgers for honoring a group that, as he put it, makes “a blatant and deeply offensive mockery of my religion, and the religion of over 4 million people in Los Angeles county alone.”
In an exclusive interview with EWTN’s Colm Flynn, Williams said: “It had to be said. We cannot stand idly by while Our Lord gets mocked.”
“When I die,” Williams added, “and St. Peter…
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