It’s much more than just a hoop and a prayer for Notre Dame and Villanova chaplains in Rome

<img width="1024" height="793" src="https://i0.wp.com/cruxnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Hogan-Villanova-AP-scaled.webp?fit=1024%2C793&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Villanova University basketball team chaplain Father Rob Hagan cuts down the basketball net after a 2018 victory in the NCAA tournament." decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/cruxnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Hogan-Villanova-AP-scaled.webp?w=2560&ssl=1 2

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”