“Disgraceful scene in Paris offended not only the Catholic world, not only the Christian world, but also us as much as them. Immorality displayed at the opening of the Paris Olympics once again highlighted the scale of the threat we face. An international sporting event that is supposed to unite people unfortunately opened with hostility to humanity and the values that make human beings human.” Tayyip Erdogan
“Westerners believe that nation-states no longer exists. They deny that there is a common culture and a public morality based on it. There is no morality, if you watched the Olympics opening yesterday, you saw this” Victor Orban
“We won’t be having a Last Supper as portrayed the way they portrayed it the other night. I mean, they can do certain things. I thought it was terrible. Look, I’m for everybody. I’m very open-minded… but I thought what they did was a disgrace.” Donald Trump
“We are thinking of all Christians on every continent who have been hurt by the outrageousness and provocation of certain scenes. We want them to understand that the Olympic celebration goes far beyond the ideological biases of a few artists.” French Bishops’ Conference
