Toronto, ON July 29, 2024 – The worldwide reaction to the mock Last Supper from the opening ceremonies on July
26 makes clear that the Paris Olympics organizers have abused their position. Their
weak efforts at a mock apology (if offence was taken, we are genuinely sorry…) further
exposes their duplicity.
Contrast the efforts of the Catholic Church, which organized prayers and a mass to observe a
Peace Truce during the Olympic Games, with the organizers of the Paris opening ceremonies,
which engaged in a mockery of Da Vinci’s Last Supper.
The Church sought a worldwide cessation of war and violence, while the Olympics organizers
sought to mock a core tenet of the Christian, and in particular, the Catholic faith, at the expense
of over one billion adherents.
No confusion over the intent was possible. Barbara Butch, a lesbian who parodied Jesus from
Da Vinci’s Last Supper, with a silver aureole halo crown, admitted in a now deleted Instagram
post “Oh yes! Oh yes! The new gay testament!”
Is there much doubt that the leading edge of the aggressive secular culture seeks to aim its fire
on Catholics and Catholic doctrine?
May God have mercy.
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