In an article published by Fox News, TCA’s Ashley McGuire describes how France’s blatant Olympic opening ceremony mockery exemplifies growing indifference toward an alarming trend of violence against Catholics and Christianity. In her article titled, “The bloody reality of Olympics’ Opening Ceremony,” she writes:
“We’ve all seen it by now. The nude blue man on a plate. The repulsive Dionysus as a Jesus stand-in. A drag queen variation on the Last Supper….The Paris Olympic Committee wins the gold for bigoted mockeries of sacred Christian moments.
In an A+ display of gaslighting, the Olympic Committee tweeted out an image of the perverse display and said, “Olympics: The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings.”….There’s the issue with the fact that Dionysus, while primarily the god of wine and pleasure, was also known to, quite literally, tear his enemies to pieces.
This isn’t the first time in recent memory that Catholics have seen their faith openly mocked in drag….The Olympic display was worse though, because rather than just mocking one group of Catholics….they mocked our God and, apart from the crucifixion, the most pivotal moment in our faith.
But there is the harsher reality, which is that France…is experiencing an actual wave of anti-Catholic violence…The nation marked eight years last week since they gained another martyr, Father Jacques Hamel, whose throat was slit by jihadists as he was in the middle of celebrating Mass….But most of the anti-Catholic violence in France appears to be committed not by radical Muslims, but by radical secularists….Attacks on Catholic churches in France are….part of a troubling continental trend.
….How very Dionysian.”
