Archbishop Listecki Demands Apology for Mockery of Last Supper

Full text of the letter from the Most Rev. Jerome E. Listecki, Archbishop of Milwaukee to Milwaukee's NBC television affiliate regarding the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony:

"July 29, 2024

Joe Poss
TMJ 4
Regional VP/General Manager

I join with other religious leaders in expressing my outrage at the mockery of the Last Supper that was displayed during the Olympics opening ceremony, and I demand an immediate apology from you to local Catholics and all Christians. I also ask you to personally contact the NBC network president to obtain an apology for Catholics/Christians across this country.

This shocking blasphemy against the central moment in Christianity when, during the Last Supper Jesus gives his body and blood in anticipation of the cross, can not go without a proper response by the local television station that aired the scene and its network.

I also ask the faithful to join me in greater prayer and fasting in reparation for this sin, and renewal of our devotion to the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.

In Christ,

Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki
Archdiocese of Milwaukee"

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