Msgr. Richard C. Antall: Paris Is No Stranger to Sacrilege

The latest sacrilegious controversy from France had the contradiction of an extremely bold anti-Christian symbolism joined with outright official lying about it. Although it has been common to call the drag show dramatization “blasphemous,” I understand that blasphemy is usually verbal or written, while sacrilege has to do with physical acts about religious persons, places, or things. The offensive tableau was sacrilegious.

The official denials of the offensiveness of the presentation were in the face of overwhelming obviousness of the connection with the Last Supper. Even though participants attempted to erase their comments admitting the sacrilegious nature of the show, the pathetic official denial was surprising in its implications: ….

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