French bishops complained on Saturday about the 'scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity' during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games which has upset some conservatives and has drawn mixed reviews.
French bishops complained on Saturday about the "scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity" during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games which has upset some conservatives and has drawn mixed reviews. The opening had offered "wonderful moments of beauty, joy, rich emotions, and was universally praised," a statement from the French Bishops' Conference…
While they did not refer to specific scenes, the ceremony featured a segment entitled “Festivity” which began with a group sat at a table, including several drag queens, which was reminiscent of the Last Supper, the final meal Jesus is said to have taken with his apostles.“We think of all Christians across the continents who were hurt by the excesses and provocation of certain scenes.
“Western values were considered for a long-time as universal but are seen as increasingly unacceptable and rejected by many countries in the world,” Orban said in Romania. Around 100,000 spectators watched from stands on the river banks, often at a cost of hundreds, sometimes thousands, of euros. “Every edition brings a stone to the edifice,” Christophe Dubi, Olympic Games executive director at the IOC, said. “This has brought a mountain, it’s not a small stone.”
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