MLB Celebrates Jackie Robinson Day | EWTN News Nightly

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Major League Baseball celebrated Jackie Robinson Day earlier this week. It honored the first black player in the big leagues. Robinson's debut, with the then-Brooklyn Dodgers was on April 15, 1947. A recent article in the American Spectator examined Robinson's strong Christian faith. Writing in the American Spectator, Doctor Paul Kengor states that in an appearance before Congress in 1949, Robinson called himself "a religious man." He cherished America because it allowed him the freedom to worship where he wanted. Robinson also was strongly anti-Communist. The revelations are part of a new book that Kengor was reviewing. Professor of Political Science at Grove City College and author of "A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century," Doctor Paul Kengor, joins to share some other examples of Robinson's faith. Branch Ricky was a Christian man as well. He signed Robinson to his first contract to break baseball's color barrier. Dr. Kengor discusses this. Robinson was a lifelong Republican. Dr. Kengor tells us more about that and whether his feelings about Communism were informed at all by his Christian faith. He fills us in on what other stories he is following. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf