To me personally, the book is not blasphemous. This is just a thriller. But associating the events [described in the book] with real historical [events] is nonsense. We should bear in mind which genre the work belongs to.

In the Roman Catholic Church, by centuries-old tradition Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, this year falling on March 1. Ashes symbolize penitence and the frailty of human life.

But we pay particular attention to the spiritual dimension [of penance].

This clearly has nothing to do with human agency. These dispersal events happened long before humans were around.

It's just so expensive to put on these events it just made it very difficult to continue without a title sponsor. We probably could have run the tournament, but we probably wouldn't have been able to give this kind of money to charity.

This public facility has hosted several national tournaments, from juniors to professional-level events. The staff is committed to taking care of the area youth and assists with college scholarships for program participants.