Though he certainly has a special spot among the Packers faithful, Father James Baraniak, the Catholic chaplain for the Green Bay football team, doesn’t pray for victory.
"I don’t think God’s taking sides," says Baraniak, 41, a Norbertine priest who is also pastor at Old St. Joseph’s Church at St. Norbert College in De Pere.
Pastor Joe Urcavich of Green Bay Community Church sees "nothing wrong with praying for victory" but notes that he deals with bigger issues in his work as the team’s Protestant chaplain.