Catholic Priest Condemns Olympics Opening Ceremony Mocking Christianity

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics got off to a controversial start on Friday evening thanks to a disastrous, offensive recreation of the famous "Last Supper" painting. That painting, depicting Christ's last supper before being crucified, was represented by a number of drag queens and other gaudily made-up figures representing Christ and his apostles.

The depiction was met with overwhelming outcry about its portrayal of one of Christianity's most iconic and important images. Including from Chiefs' kicker Harrison Butker.

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And one Catholic leader is speaking out about what it means, and what should be done about it.

Bishop Robert Barron, the head of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota and a popular Catholic figure, posted a video on X Friday evening giving his thoughts on what transpired at the Opening Ceremony. In it, he condemned the organizers for "mocking this very central moment in Christianity." 

"What do I see but this gross mockery of the Last Supper," Barron said. That's exactly what.

PARIS - Celine Dion performs under the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower during the Opening Ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games along the Seine River on July 26. Photo: Andrew P. Scott-USA TODAY Sports

As Barron said, it was a devastating representation of France and its culture on a global stage. Especially considering the country's long connection and history with Catholicism. 

"France felt evidently, as it’s trying to put its best cultural foot forward, the right thing to do is to mock this very central moment in Christianity, where Jesus at His Last Supper gives His body and blood in anticipation of the cross. And so it’s