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More than a week after the Olympic opening ceremony in Paris sparked controversy for a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “The Last Supper,” the Vatican weighed in with its own criticism. “The Holy See was saddened by some scenes at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games and cannot but join the voices that have been raised in recent days to deplore the offence done to many Christians and believers of other religions,” a Vatican statement said on Saturday. “In a prestigious event where the whole world comes together around common values, there should be no allusions that …

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