DISINFO: Christians sing in Paris streets to cleanse the country after Olympics Opening Ceremony mocking Christianity
SUMMARY
In France, Christians took to the streets to sing religious songs. In this way, they decided to "cleanse" the country after the mockery of Christianity at the opening of the Olympic Games.
RESPONSE
A pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the Paris 2024 Olympics.
There hawe been no instances of dissatisfied Christians in Paris protesting the Olympics opening ceremony en masse. The video accompanying the claim that Christians sang religious songs to "cleanse" the country after the alleged mockery of Christianity is old and was filmed well before the opening of the Paris Olympics. Circulating online since 2022, it actually depicts the celebration of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France. Read the full debunk at Myth Detector.
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris was not inspired by the Last Supper.
"It's not my inspiration (the Christian Supper). There is Dionysus (Philippe Katerine painted in blue) who arrives on this table. He is there because he is the God of celebration in Greek mythology. The god of wine who is one of the jewels of France. And the father of Sequana, the goddess who is connected to the river, the Seine. The idea was to have a pagan celebration connected to the gods of Olympus. You will never find in me a desire to mock and denigrate anyone. I wanted to make a ceremony that repairs, that reconciles. And also that reaffirms the values of our Republic, liberty-equality-fraternity", - says the director of the ceremony.
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