Eight days after the opening of the Paris Olympic Games, the Vatican surprised many by issuing a statement late this Saturday evening, Aug. 3, expressing its “sadness” at some of the scenes of the opening ceremony that caused “offense to numerous Christians and to believers of other religions.”
In a brief statement, issued in French at around 8:00 p.m. Rome time, the Vatican said, “it cannot but join its voice with the others that have been raised in these last days to deplore the offense made to numerous Christians and believers of other religions.”
Read Full Article »