{"id":529572,"date":"2024-07-28T13:10:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T20:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/?p=529572"},"modified":"2024-07-28T13:14:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T20:14:32","slug":"paris-olympics-organizers-apologize-for-last-supper-parody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/paris-olympics-organizers-apologize-for-last-supper-parody\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Olympics Organizers Apologize For Last Supper Parody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=index-1101.html alt=\"Opening Ceremony - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 0\nPARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: Canadian Singer Celine Dion performs on the Eiffel Tower at the conclusion of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-529575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2164025134.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2164025134-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2164025134-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Opening Ceremony &#8211; Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 0\nPARIS, FRANCE &#8211; JULY 26: Canadian Singer Celine Dion performs on the Eiffel Tower at the conclusion of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>OAN Staff\u00a0<a href=index-1095.html target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br>1:11 PM \u2013 Sunday, July 28, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Paris 2024 organizing committee has apologized to Catholics and other Christian organizations for upsetting them with a scene at the opening ceremony that featured drag queens, a transgender model, and a singer dressed as the Greek god of wine, evoking Leonardo da Vinci&#8217;s painting of The Last Supper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=index-1102.html target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The goal of the parody of the biblical scene <\/a>was to interpret Dionysus and bring attention to &#8220;the absurdity of violence between human beings,&#8221; according to the organizers&#8217; post on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings. <a href=paris2024aa24.html>#Paris2024<\/a> <a href=openingceremonyaa24.html>#OpeningCeremony<\/a> <a href=index-1103.html>pic.twitter.com\/FBlQNNUmvV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Olympic Games (@Olympics) <a href=index50a7.html>July 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=index-1104.html charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The performance incited outrage among Catholics, Christian organizations, and conservative politicians worldwide, forcing the committee to issue an apology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cClearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group. [The opening ceremony] tried to celebrate community tolerance,\u201d the Paris 2024 spokesperson Anne Descamps told a press conference. \u201cWe believe this ambition was achieved. If people have taken any offense we are really sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Catholic church in France said it deplored a ceremony that \u201cincluded scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the French bishops&#8217; delegates to the Games, Monsignor Emmanuel Gobilliard, claimed that the controversy&#8217;s aftermath had caused sleeplessness in a number of French athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most senior Catholic official in Malta and a representative of the Vatican&#8217;s influential doctrinal office, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, claimed to have complained about the &#8220;gratuitous insult&#8221; to France&#8217;s ambassador in Valletta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was supposed to be a celebration of French culture took an &#8220;unexpectedly negative turn, becoming a parade of banal errors, accompanied by trite and predictable ideologies,&#8221; according to the Italian bishops&#8217; conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay informed! 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