Tag: Paris Olympics 2024
The games are over, but Olympic dreams last for a lifetime
As a former heptathlete with Olympic aspirations, Renate Cassis was reminded this year of the discipline, desire and even faith needed to pursue sporting excellence. Yet victory is not all; God has plans for runners-up and those who hang up their boots too.
Anthony Cleary: Art should not mock, but should reveal what is...
All too often, we are confronted by images that shock us and make us angry. The images leave a lasting impression. This is certainly true of the Olympic opening ceremony’s tasteless bastardisation of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” Instead we should value art that reveals the good, true and beautiful.
Take Olympic scandal to Jesus in the Eucharist, Archbishop Fisher urges
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has joined Catholic bishops in protesting the Olympic Games’ opening ceremony parody of the Last Supper, encouraging the faithful to voice their protests not just on social media but to the Lord himself, present in the tabernacle.