'Words cannot describe it': Bishop urges 'renewed zeal' in face of 'heinous' Last Supper mockery at Olympics

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Crookston Bishop Andrew Cozzens this weekend slammed what he described as the"heinous" mockery of the Christian faith displayed at the Summer Olympics in Paris on Friday, urging Catholics to respond to the spectacle with fasting and prayer. Pope prays for victims of Ethiopia landslides, recalls war always a defeatSmoke billows near windows as performers participate in the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024.

In a statement on Saturday, Cozzens—who also serves as the chairman of the board of the National Eucharistic Congress—said the performers"publicly defamed" the Last Supper with the"evil" display. The bishop said that throughout history Christ has"called us—the people of God—to respond to the darkness of evil with the light that comes from the Lord." Cozzens pointed out that the Last Supper, along with the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Christ, form the Paschal Mystery.

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