The Vatican speaks out on controversial ‘Last Supper’ drag performance at Paris Olympics and calls it an offense

The IOC apologized for any offense caused by the recreation of Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting

'Last Supper' drag performance at Paris Olympics

‘Last Supper’ drag performance at Paris Olympics

The leaders of the Catholic Church have slammed the ‘Last Supper’ reenactment during the 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony as the Vatican accuses France of a lack of “respect to others” and their religions.

Controversy erupted when drag performers appeared to recreate Leonardo da Vinci‘s famous painting of the last supper, when Jesus Christ celebrated an evening with his disciples before being betrayed by Judas and crucified.

Watchers accused the opening ceremony organizers of disrespecting the Christian faith and initially the ‘Games denied it was connected to the painting and event at all, only to later admit that was where the inspiration came from resulting in the harsh words of the Church.

“The Holy See was saddened by certain scenes at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games,” a statement from the Vatican read. “And cannot but join the voices raised in recent days to deplore the offense done to many Christians and believers of other religions.

“At a prestigious event where the whole world comes together to share common values, there should be no allusions ridiculing the religious convictions of many people. The freedom of expression, which is clearly not called into question here, is limited by respect for others.”

The Olympics has already apologized for any offense caused and stressed it had never intended to cause offense, insisting they had tried to show the openness of modern society and tolerance of the French.

Christians and right-wing politicians slam event

Drag performers are often members of the LGBTQ+ community, or closely associated, which is something Christianity considers to be a sin and can result in banishment to the fiery pits of hell if God passes judgement.

As a result, anti-LGBTQ+ political leaders and figures have called out the event at the 2024 Paris Olympics such as Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister, Hungary’s ambassador to the Vatican, French European parliament member Marion Marechal and also Donald Trump.

Trump, running as the Republican nominee in the 2024 Presidential Election after serving as the President from 2017-2021, called the ceremony a “disgrace.”

“I thought that the opening ceremony was a disgrace, actually,” Trump told FOX News’ The Ingraham Angle. “I thought it was a disgrace.

“I mean, they can do certain things. I thought it was terrible. Look, I’m for everybody. I’m very open-minded… but I thought what they did was a disgrace.”