In Paris, a “street prayer” to “repair the blasphemy” of the Olympic opening ceremony

RELIGION – They still haven’t recovered from what they saw. Catholic believers gathered in Paris on Monday October 7 for a “rosary of reparation at the site of the blasphemy committed during the Olympic Games”shared the traditionalist media Le Salon Beige.

The prayer was organized in response to a painting of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games with Philippe Katerine and drag queens, which would have resembled the Last Supper. The far right and religious circles revolted, but artistic director Thomas Jolly assured that there had been no inspiration from the Bible.

Angered by the character of Philippe Katerine appearing naked and painted blue, the believers therefore decided to meet on the Debilly footbridge in Paris, in the 7th arrondissement on Monday evening. “About 250 young Catholics gathered (…) after this mixture of blasphemy, Satanism and LGBT ideology during the opening “ceremony” of the Olympic Games! »commented Mathieu Goyer, former activist of the fundamentalist Catholic organization Civitas now banned.

“Blasphemy does not exist”

The event went rather unnoticed until then, but the communist senator from Paris Ian Brossat became aware of the facts and wrote this Thursday, October 10 to the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau. “Blasphemy does not exist and street prayers are prohibited,” pointed out the elected official in this letter also signed by Pierre Ouzoulias. In reality, there is no ban since no law legislates on the subject.

The senators continue: “This street prayer is unfortunately not an isolated event. They have been multiplying for months (…). These fundamentalist practices question us, in the sense that they attack the foundation of our republican practices” and in particular freedom of expression. Bruno Retailleau has not yet reacted.

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