Blasphemous Olympic Opening Ceremony

The facts are clear. During this ceremony, a parody of the Last Supper featured drag queens in place of the Apostles and a DJ replacing Our Lord.

The first question that arises is: what is the connection between this blasphemous farce and the Olympic Games, if not the deliberate desire of the organizers and creators to ridicule the Catholic religion and its divine Founder?

A second question follows: Rule 50.2 of the Olympic Charter, which went into effect on July 17, 2020, provides that, “No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.” Would the opening ceremony be an exception?

But these questions are minor; they only reveal the anti-Catholic hatred of the organizers, who do not care about the rules imposed on them; they do not get to the heart of the issue.

A Communiqué from the Society of Saint Pius X

Because what is in question is blasphemy against Our Lord and the duty to make reparation for this abomination, which, as Fr. Benoît de Jorna writes in a communiqué, is “even more serious because it was orchestrated to be seen by the entire world. This outrage organized by public authorities is a scandal for a very large number of souls.”

This is why, the communiqué affirms, “it is impossible to remain indifferent or passive in the face of this new attack on the rights of Our Lord, true God and true man.”

And to recall that “with Pius XI, every Christian affirms that the leaders of civil society must remember ‘the last judgment, wherein Christ, who has been cast out of public life, despised, neglected and ignored, will most severely avenge these insults; for his kingly dignity demands that the State should take account of the commandments of God and of Christian principles’ (Encyclical Quas Primas, 1925).”

And it continues: “Our prayer must beg divine mercy to spare our country [France] from a punishment that is nevertheless deserved. And to repair such a heinous blasphemy, our offering will be the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at which we assist, this infinite satisfaction that the divine Priest offered to His Father.” Furthermore, the faithful were invited to recite the De Profundis and the Parce Domine.

A Pitiful Reaction from the Bishops’ Conference of France

The Bishops’ Conference of France published a communiqué following the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. What concerns our subject begins by saying that: “The opening ceremony proposed by the COJOP [Paris Organizing Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games] offered yesterday evening to the entire world marvelous moments of beauty, joy, rich in emotions and universally acclaimed.”

Then the press release continues: “This ceremony unfortunately included scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity, which we deeply regret. [...] This morning, we think of all the Christians of all continents who were hurt by the outrageousness and provocation of certain scenes.”

Thus, nothing on the blasphemous nature of the act, but only on the attack on the piety of Christians; nothing on a necessary reparation demanded by the honor of Christ, true God and true man, trampled underfoot before millions of spectators. Only the wounded feelings of Christians count. Can that be enough?

The example came from the United States, according to Aleteia. The Bishop of Madison called for fasting and prayer in reparation for this blasphemy. In France, “some bishops celebrated Mass on Sunday, July 28, in reparation for this blasphemous parody: Bishop Touvet, Coadjutor Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, who celebrated a Mass for France at Sainte-Baume.”

In the Diocese of Bayonne, Bishop Aillet also indicated that he would “celebrate Mass in reparation for this blasphemous representation of the Last Supper, an insult made to hundreds of millions of Christians.”