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In a glitzy opening ceremony that was meant to celebrate diversity, the Paris 2024 Olympics has ignited a firestorm of religious controversy. The organizers found themselves in hot water over a ...
The opening ceremony to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games was an over-the-top tribute to France’s history played out along the River Seine, but not everyone who watched it was a fan — including the ...
Conservatives say a scene from the opening ceremony is a dig at Christianity and "The Last Supper," but Olympics officials say it was a depiction of the Greek god Dionysus.
Others, including celebrities, U.S. political figures and Catholic church leaders, expressed outrage at the scene. Actor Candace Cameron Bure, whose husband is a two-time Olympic medalist, called ...
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July 2024 across Paris, beginning at 19:30 CEST (17:30 UTC).As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings included an artistic program showcasing the culture of the host country and city, the parade of athletes and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.
The moral panic over a scene of drag queens feasting at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics set off a firestorm of outrage from religious conservatives and politicians who believed the ...
The organizers behind the Paris Olympics apologized to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" during Friday's opening ceremony and provoked outrage ...
As for religious imagery, Sunday’s closing ceremony might include depictions of Greek mythology as part of an homage to the Olympics' origins. Liam Adams covers religion for The Tennessean.