The Orgiastic Paris Olympics Mimics Belshazzar’s Blasphemous Feast, by Jules Gomes

When the Paris Olympics grotesquely blasphemed Leonardo da Vinci’s depiction of the Last Supper during the opening ceremony last Friday, Christians around the world unleashed a torrent of righteous indignation against the debauched parody. Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican bishops protested.

America’s largest privately held wireless company, C Spire, pulled its advertising from the Games, announcing that it would “not be a part of the offensive and unacceptable mockery of the Last Supper.” The largest coalition of Protestant churches in Korea held public protests.

Even the Shia Muslim leadership of Iran denounced the “insulting representation of Jesus Christ,” saying it was “completely offensive” and had “crossed all red lines.” The French ambassador was summoned to Tehran and told: “France, a country with a major history of Christianity, must be ashamed of itself … We resolutely condemn this.”

Catholics around the world begged Pope Francis to pronounce a papal condemnation. But Francis, who had just been pontificating on how the Olympics serves “to dismantle prejudices” and “foster esteem where there is contempt and mistrust,” froze utterly.

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