Following the mockery of “The Last Supper” during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics, members of a conservative advocacy group traveled to Paris to protest against such routine attacks on Christianity. They were quickly arrested, leading them to conclude that the underlying problem may be deeper than they had first imagined.
The watchdog group Open Doors
Latest Annual Report One in seven Christians worldwide – more than 365 million Christians – face “high levels of persecution and discrimination because of their faith.”
The Blade News previously reported that the top 10 worst countries for Christians are North Korea, Somalia, Libya, Eritrea, Yemen, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Iran and Afghanistan. In these third world countries, as well as countries much higher on the list, such as China, Christians are more likely to be tortured, imprisoned, raped and killed because of their faith.
However, attacks against Christians and their churches are not limited to Africa, the Middle East or the Orient.
Ariel Del Turco, director of the FRC’s Religious Freedom Center, said:
Revealed A report earlier this year said there were at least 915 hostile acts against churches in the United States between 2018 and 2023. Hundreds of churches have also been destroyed in Canada by extremists since 2021.
Against the backdrop of anti-Christian persecution and hatred, the French
A fair share The 2024 Olympics opened with a ceremony mocking Christianity, a symbol of anti-Christian attacks.
The opening ceremony featured a scene modeled after Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper,” but instead of depicting Christ and his disciples, the ceremony’s designer, Thomas Joly, had several cross-dressers pose on either side of a morbidly obese lesbian.
Barbara Bucci.
Jolie then placed a nearly naked man painted blue, representing Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, on the table as a replacement meal.
The ritual has generated great controversy and drawn condemnation from various Christian groups around the world.
include Vatican.
CitizenGo, a Madrid-based conservative advocacy group,
Plea They demanded an apology and explanation from all members of the International Olympic Committee.
“Enough is enough! This grotesque spectacle is an affront to all we hold sacred and cannot be ignored,” reads the petition, which had garnered more than 392,500 signatures at the time of publication.
“Too often we stand by and do nothing while they trample on us and mock our Christian faith. But after today I really can’t take it anymore! What will happen if we continue to remain silent? Our faith, our Christian symbols will become a permanent parody driven by the queer, LGBTI and transgender lobby backed by our globalist leaders and the international left.”
Submitted by CitizenGo
bus On Monday, protesters marched into central Paris bearing signs slogans such as “Stop attacks on Christians!”
On one side of the bus, a painting of Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” was painted in stark contrast to a picture of the Olympic ceremony that mocked religious imagery.
Catholic activist Caroline Farrow
Alleged While there were no incidents earlier in the day, the bus was eventually stopped “at gunpoint” by French police, who surrounded it and claimed it was “holding a ‘public demonstration’ without the government’s authorization.”
“They are tyrannical, anti-Christian bullies.”
The group’s lawyer argued, “It seems impossible to prove the charge of failure to protest because there was just one vehicle and no protest. The prosecutors pushed the law to its limits to stop the bus and restrict their freedom of speech.”
Farrow said six members of her team, including two from the UK, were arrested and taken to a police station “where they were handcuffed and transported to a second high-security facility.”
“They are tyrannical, anti-Christian bullies. It’s ridiculous,” the group said. Said About X.
“Fearing the impact of the campaign and the tarnishing of France’s image to the world, the political elite violently censored CitizenGO in the manner of a dictatorship,” Farrow continued. “French police, acting on high-ranking political orders, arrested six campaigners and the bus driver; all of their belongings were confiscated, they were stripped and searched, and they were illegally barred from calling private lawyers.” [S]Some were not even allowed to call their families and were detained on non-existent charges.”
Farrow went on to suggest that efforts to silence the protesters had backfired, saying their buses had “clearly caused offense to the French police and authorities.” [was] It is still parked at the 16th arrondissement police station, right in the heart of Paris, three blocks from the Arc de Triomphe.”
The conservative group said French police escorted the bus out of the city the following day.
Ignacio Arzuaga, president of CitizenGo, said:
Tweeted“Our lawyers say that no case has been filed and that the prosecutor ordered the gendarmerie to arrest the activists even though no case has been filed.”
“We will now file a lawsuit against President Macron, the prosecutor general and the gendarmerie. The woke government is becoming more and more totalitarian,” Arzuaga added.
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