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<p>Bishop Barron said the blasphemous act was emblematic of a &#8220;deeply secularist postmodern society&#8221; that identifies Christianity as its enemy.</p>
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<p>A drag queen-led parody of the Last Supper featured during Friday’s opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics has sparked a wave of incensed reactions and denunciations.</p>
<p>One of the best known prelates of the Catholic Church in the United States, Bishop Robert Barron of Minnesota, called on Catholics to “<a href="https://x.com/BishopBarron/status/1816989733504860577">make their voices heard</a>” in response to what he called “the gross mockery of the Last Supper.”</p>
<p>In a post on X, Bishop Barron said the blasphemous act was emblematic of a “deeply secularist postmodern society” that identifies Christianity as its enemy. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://x.com/bishophying/status/1817013215710114236">in reparation for the blasphemy</a>, Bishop Donald Hying of Madison, Wisconsin, immediately called on all Catholics to “fast and pray, renew our devotion to the Eucharist, the Sacred Heart and the Virgin Mary.”</p>
<p>“May Jesus be adored and loved in every tabernacle throughout the world,” Bishop Hying added in a post on X in which he thanked the Lord for the Eucharist, the Last Supper and his “love for us.”</p>
<p>Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas was also quick to share his reaction, stating “My vocabulary is not varied enough to find a word for the feeling in the pit of my stomach” and asserting that people of Christian faith “<a href="https://x.com/bpdflores/status/1816971295579337188">deserve more respect</a>.”</p>
<p>Bishop Flores’ sentiments were also echoed by non-Christians. “Even as a Jew, I am infuriated by this outrageous insult to Jesus and Christianity,” said <a href="https://x.com/DrEliDavid/status/1816973718469640440">Dr. Eli David</a>. He panned the opening ceremonies as reflecting a Europe that is “culturally dying.”</p>
<p>The world’s materially richest man, Elon Musk, also called the spectacle <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1816948075174203771">“extremely disrespectful to Christians</a>.”</p>
<p>For his part, United States Senator Marco Rubio, a Catholic, responded to what he called the Olympic “freak show” by quoting <a href="https://x.com/marcorubio/status/1817004626417258993">Jude 1:18</a> “In the last time there will be scoffers who will live according to their own godless desires.”</p>
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Catholics, Others Respond to Mockery of Last Supper at Paris Olympics| National Catholic Register
