Prominent US Catholic cleric Bishop Robert Barron along with other Catholic leaders and commentators say the attempt by the organising committee of the Paris Olympic Games to apologise for the controversy during its opening ceremony does not go far enough and fails to make amends for offence given to Christians – as well as non-Christians – around the world.

Paris 2024 Olympics Committee spokesperson Anne Descamps has said that “clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group”, in response to the outcry over a performance during the ceremony where a group of drag queens, a transgender model and a rotund woman wearing an aureole halo crown posed themselves at a table in a style parodying the iconic image of Christ and his apostles at the Last Supper.