Olympics opening ceremony 'Last Supper' parody sparks anger among catholics,conservatives

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00:00Well, most significantly, we've heard from the Deputy Prime Minister himself, the leader

00:06of the right-wing anti-immigrant party, the League Party, Matteo Salvini.

00:10He took to social media on Saturday saying that opening the Olympics insulting millions

00:16of Christians in the world is really a bad start.

00:20Dear French people, it's squalid.

00:22Now, he posted this message together with two photos, one showing the apparent drag

00:28queen-led parody of The Last Supper, which was seen in one of the scenes during that

00:33Olympic opening ceremony, and he contrasted that with the actual image of the painting

00:39of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, one of the most famous paintings in the world

00:43that is located in Milan here in Italy.

00:46So clearly feeling that that somehow insulted the feelings of Christians around the world.

00:52We also heard from other members of Italy's far-right Brothers of Italy party, that's

00:57the party of Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni.

01:00Some of the lawmakers, one of them saying, ironically, it felt more like gay pride.

01:04It wasn't really the opening of the Olympics.

01:07Another senator saying essentially that this ceremony brought shame and embarrassment to

01:14France and to Europe, and they also reacted to the fact that Italy's president, Sergio

01:18Mattarella, was seen wearing a raincoat, looking rather disheveled when he waved to the Italian

01:24Olympic team, in sharp contrast, they say, to President Macron, who was under shelter.

01:29But it's clear that the parties of these leaders have in the past contrasted with the French

01:34president, and so perhaps it was in that light, but clearly they didn't like that sentiment

01:39of what they felt was an insult to Christians around the world, particularly that scene

01:44of The Last Supper.

01:45So the French Catholic Church has come out and criticized that Last Supper parody, which

01:50was performed by drag queens, as you said.

01:52Junia, the Vatican in Rome, have there been other reactions from the Catholic world specifically?

02:00Well, we haven't heard specifically from the Vatican, but we have heard now from those

02:04French bishops, as you mentioned.

02:05I mean, they started off talking about how there were moments of beauty and joy during

02:10the ceremony, but they deeply regretted what they said was scenes of derision and mockery

02:15of Christianity.

02:17They said Christians could be hurt by these excesses and provocation of certain scenes.

02:22Now, they didn't actually mention that specific scene, but one can assume perhaps that that

02:27was what they were referring to.

02:29We've also heard from across the pond conservative Catholics in the U.S., particularly Bishop

02:35Robert Barron, who has a very strong presence online and on social media.

02:40He actually posted a video saying that it was a gross mockery of The Last Supper.

02:46It was blasphemous and emblematic of a deeply secular postmodern society, saying that it

02:52identifies Christianity as the enemy in such a representation.

02:56But, of course, those are what some Catholic leaders have to say.

02:59Others, though, perhaps maybe enjoyed the ceremony, maybe found some portions a little

03:03bit hard to understand.

03:04But now, I guess, all concentration on the games itself.

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