Are You Joining the ‘Boycott Olympics’ Trend After the Outrageous ‘Last Supper’ Performance?
Last Friday, during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, a group of drag queens and LGBTQ+ individuals, accompanied by children, staged a mocking rendition of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper on a bridge over the Seine. Bishops, world leaders, and social media users have universally condemned this act as shocking and violent. Consequently, a growing movement is calling for a boycott of the Olympic Games. And ‘Boycott Olympics’ is already a rising trend. In this article, we will present the most relevant opinions on this mockery against Catholics, suggest ways to respond to this affront to the Eucharist, and explain why such a reaction is warranted. Finally, we will provide some surprising statistics about the Catholic Church today.
Here Are The Voices Against the Mockery of the Last Supper
- Bishop Barron, an American prelate of the Catholic Church and founder of the organization Word on Fire, has had his YouTube videos viewed over 151 million times; he has over 3 million followers on Facebook, 399,000 on Instagram, and 254,000 on X. Additionally, he has been invited to speak about religion at the headquarters of Amazon, Facebook, and Google, and he is a #1 Amazon best-selling author. In a two-minute Instagram video, Bishop Barron raises important questions such as why the Catholic faith is consistently targeted for attack and ridicule. Why does no one have the courage to openly ridicule texts from the Quran? He concludes by urging Catholics to break the spiral of silence and defend their religion.
- Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini posted a picture of the drag queens superimposed on another image of the Last Supper, criticizing the act. “Opening the Olympics by insulting billions of Christians around the world was a really bad start, dear French,” he wrote. “Seedy.”
- Piers Morgan posted an image of the drag queens lined up along a table, asking, “By the way, what the f – – was all this about?”. Morgan continues, “A drag queen mockery of the Last Supper at the Olympics? Would they have mocked any other religion like this? Appalling decision,” Morgan wrote. “Unsurprising fury. Imagine if they’d mocked Islam like this,” he added in another post.
Is ‘Boycott Olympics’ the Solution?
We need to turn this aggression against the Catholic Church into an opportunity. People of different religions and cultures worldwide are shocked by how the Catholic faith was treated by the French organizers. It’s time for Catholics to start acting consistently with their faith. How?
- Express your discontent on social media about how the Catholic religion was ridiculed at the Olympics.
- Boycott films and newspapers that support woke culture – yes, you will survive without a Netflix subscription.
- Don’t be intimidated in schools; find other mothers who share your views and form a group to defend Christian values and children. These are some examples of how you can act. As the channel Uniquely Mary says, “we must stop worshipping the Gods of safety and security by offering him silence.”
The Catholic Church Is One of the Most Inclusive Institutions in the World
The art director of the Olympics opening ceremony, Thomas Jolly, stated in a press conference, “I wanted to send a message of love, a message of inclusion, not at all to divide.” Here are some numbers that might make Thomas Jolly reflect on what true inclusion and love are. The Church is a growing presence in hospitals, schools, and nursing homes on five continents. Health, charitable, and welfare institutions run by the Catholic Church worldwide include 5,405 hospitals, 14,205 dispensaries, 567 leprosariums, 15,276 homes for the elderly, chronically ill, and handicapped, 9,703 orphanages, 10,567 kindergartens, 10,604 marriage counselling centres, 3,287 social education or reeducation centres, and 35,529 social institutions. And all this, without attacking any other religion.
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