OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Catholics are planning processions in reparation for the blasphemous opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, which saw drag performers carry out a grotesque parody of the Last Supper.
On August 4, 6, and 8, faithful Catholics will process in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, to offer reparation for the blasphemies committed against Jesus Christ during the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
“Reparation is something that has long been forgotten in the Church and society,” event organizer John Pacheco told LifeSiteNews. “Blasphemy against God is a very serious sin.”
“Traditionally, such a sin was considered one of the worst (even worse than the sins of the flesh) because it was a direct attack on the persons of the Godhead, but today it is not appreciated in the Church and, in society, it’s become a bit of a joke,” he continued.
“Sadly, many believe that God will allow this mockery to continue without a response,” he warned. “Such an attitude betrays a flippant attitude towards God’s majesty and a total lack of fear of God. This is a serious delusion.”
The procession, sponsored by St. Joan of Arc Community and St. Joseph’s Missionaries of the Holy Face, will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday August 4, and at 7:00 p.m. on both Tuesday, August 6 and Thursday, August 8.
The procession will begin at Notre Dame Cathedral and end at the French Embassy. More information can be found here.
The participants are also encouraged to contact the International Olympic Committee regarding the ceremony and to “demand a sincere and public apology at the Closing ceremony of the Games to prove the authenticity of their earlier token apology for their blasphemy.”
Pacheco explained that “all Catholics must recover the sense of reparation to repair this damage and seek for a proper and full accounting for those responsible. A token apology from the Olympic Organizing Committee frankly does not cut it.”
“A public sin requires a public reparation by the Olympics,” he continued. “No relationship can be truly restored unless the offending party offers to repair their damage.”
“That’s true in this world as much as it is in the next,” Pacheco stated. “As far as our response as Catholics go, we must show God that we are serious about repairing the damage done to the Person of Jesus Christ. One small way is to make a public reparation for their blasphemy through a Procession.”
Pacheco also encouraged faithful Catholics to consider joining the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face, “which is the devotion for our time which explicitly seeks to offer reparation to God for the sins against the first three commandments.”
“Canadian Catholics are encouraged to join the St. Joseph’s Missionaries of the Holy Face,” he added.
Pacheco is one of many Catholics to call for reparation following the blasphemous opening ceremonies. Indeed, the ceremony is being roundly condemned on social media by Christians and non-believers alike, with many pointing to it as a “new low.”
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said the ceremony reflected “secular fundamentalism” having “infiltrated the Olympics, even to the point of blaspheming the religion of over a billion people,” while Bishop Joseph Strickland called it a “new low for our human community.”
Secular fundamentalism has now infiltrated the Olympics, even to the point of blaspheming the religion of over a billion people. Would they do that with any other religion? I ask all of our people to pray for a restoration of good will and respect. https://t.co/gO8PK0gBcB
— Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone (@ArchCordileone) July 27, 2024
The bigotry toward Christians and the blasphemy of Jesus Christ, God’s Divine Son on display at the Olympics is a new low for our human community. Shame on those who produced this mockery, shame on the Olympic Committee and the nation of France for allowing it. This tarnishes… pic.twitter.com/NLQuARKHyu
— Bishop J. Strickland (@BishStrickland) July 27, 2024