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In short, the first Prometheus Award successfully covered up the conflict between the Holy See and Austria. After the Prometheus Award trend gradually subsided, because both the Holy See and Austria seemed to have forgotten what happened before, and no longer talked about this matter. More voices were made, so no one mentioned the matter of the Holy See's expulsion of Emperor Fritz II's membership.

The Austrian cardinal still calls Fritz II His Majesty, Fritz II still participates in various religious activities, and can still receive blessings from church personnel in these activities-it seems that Austria has not actually had any conflicts with the Holy See Same.

At this time, the hot spots of public opinion began to gradually shift towards the upcoming Olympic Games. First, "Scientific Pravda" began to introduce the main venue of the Olympic Games and the setting of competition events.

The reporter of "Scientific Pravda" interviewed Mr. Lucien Bonaparte, who is also the chairman of the French Olympic Committee. Lucien showed them the huge model of the main stadium in his office.

"Look, this will be what the main stadium will look like when it is completed in the future. There are stands all around, with a total of 80,000 seats. Including these areas without seats, the entire stand can accommodate a total of about 90,000 people."

"What is this building?"

"The main torch of the Games." Lucien explained, "We will use a convex lens to gather sunlight on the site of the ancient Olympic Games to ignite the torch that symbolizes the Olympic Games, and then the torch will be relayed to different people. Passing through one country after another, from Greece to Paris. Every time the torchbearers pass through a country, they will represent France, send a call for peace to the countries they pass through, and an invitation to participate in the Paris Olympic Games. If these countries are willing to accept the Olympic Truce If they are willing to stop all war operations within two weeks of the Games, they will be eligible to send athletes to the Olympics.

Torchbearers will pass the torch from several such lines. The first torchbearer will first go to Constantinople to send an invitation to Turkey, then go north into Russia, all the way to Petersburg and send an invitation to Russia, then Sweden, Prussia and Denmark, then the Rhine Union and The Netherlands, then board a ship from the Netherlands, and finally arrive in England, and then return to France by boat from England.

The second torchbearer will first travel to Austria, then the Northern Italian Republic, then Spain and Portugal, before sailing to the United States and returning to France from the United States. The last two torches will meet at the Pantheon in Paris, and then pass to the main venue. A representative jointly elected by the people of Paris will hold the torch, light the main torch, and announce the official start of the Olympic Games. After that, the flame on the main torch will never stop burning until the end of the Olympic Games. "

"Minister Bonaparte, I have to say that the relay of the torch is a very creative act. It travels through the entire civilized world and brings peace to the entire world. What a wonderful idea! I think such an act needs The coordination of many countries must be very complicated, right?" the reporter asked again.

"Yes, the work is very complicated, but it is also very meaningful, so we all enjoy it. All countries in the entire civilized world are very supportive of this initiative. The people of all countries are also full of enthusiasm for it. Our torch relay People in every country and city that we need to pass through are also very supportive. We plan to recruit volunteers to participate in this torch relay in these cities along the way, and we hope that more people will participate in this Come in a grand event. Even if you can’t come to Paris to participate in the competition, you can run with your own hands holding or escorting the Olympic torch.”

"It's just perfect. Also, I want to know, if I also want to participate in the sports meeting, or the torch relay, where should I register?"

"Ah, you can go to the Ministry of Truth Building, the Olympic Games Office to sign up, whether you are participating as an athlete or as a torchbearer, you sign up there. But if there are too many signups, we may have to go through qualifying matches or draw lots. Decide who is eligible to participate." Lucien replied.

"Last question, we have heard rumors that this Games will be different from the ancient Olympic Games in terms of events. Is this true?"

"Ah, that's right." Lucien replied, "We are people who respect tradition, but we have to see that the times are changing. We can't copy everything from ancient times. Otherwise, shouldn't we be in the sports meeting?" Talk in ancient greek and have the athletes naked like that? This is obviously impossible, in ancient times, only men were allowed to watch the games, but now, we have to consider the feelings of the female audience. So , we make some adjustments to the sports program..."

After this interview was published, the whole of Europe became lively again, and almost everyone's eyes were attracted by the new Olympic Games. The governments of the countries that the torch passes through have also announced the registration methods for the personnel participating in the torch relay. Of course, it is said that Turkey did not select personnel through voluntary registration and then drawing lots. They just allowed volunteers from other countries to pass on the designated road holding a torch. Because they think that the torch relay has too much pagan color of idolatry. But in view of their friendship with the French -- there are not many countries in Europe that dare to underestimate their friendship with France -- so they allowed the torch relay to pass through Turkey and promised to send a team to participate in the equestrian Olympic Games Contest.

In contrast, Russia is more open, but considering that Russia is too vast, the torch relay has become a horse-riding relay in Russia. Russia will also send athletes to participate in the Paris Olympics.

Austria also actively expressed its willingness to participate, and even Archduke Karl of Austria expressed his hope to participate in the competition as an equestrian athlete. There are so many people signing up for the torch relay that they have to use lottery to select the personnel.

As for the Rhine Union, they were already so moved that they were desperately singing praises for France. The people of the Rheinland Alliance expressed that France is the beacon of democracy and freedom, the direction of France is the direction of the progress of all mankind, and it is the greatest honor to be an ally (gou) of France. The Rheinland Alliance fully supports this great event unconditionally.

As for the UK, the reaction of the British is very interesting. After being overwhelmed by the French in terms of science, everyone is a little frustrated. Now that the French have made such a move, the British are more motivated, thinking that this is a way to revive their national prestige , Let the French see the great opportunity of the British. Therefore, not many people signed up for the torch relay, but there were quite a few people signing up for the sports meeting, which made the British have to prepare for several rounds of knockout matches. Of course, this did allow the British to perform quite well in the subsequent games.

As for other countries, they are also very willing to cooperate. Even the Holy See is doing well.

It is said that after the Turkish Sultan said that the torch relay seemed a bit of an idolatrous pagan thing, because after the news that the people of his own country were not allowed to participate, some journalists who always wanted to make big news ran to a certain bishop of the Holy See. highlighted such issues.

"The Greek gods are demagogues, aren't they?"

"Yes, child, you must know that there is no salvation except Jesus. There is no other god in this world except the Holy Trinity God. All those who claim to be gods are actually evil spirits. Those evil spirits in Greece Of course the same is true of the spirit," replied the bishop.

There is of course nothing wrong with this answer from the teaching assistant. This is the most basic tenet of Catholicism. If you don't even insist on this, what kind of Catholicism is there? Even in later generations, due to the political correctness of religious freedom, the Catholic Church seldom expresses this in public, but from the point of view of doctrine, they still believe that the Tathagata Buddha and the Supreme Lord are all evil spirits.

So the reporter went on to ask: "Mr. Bishop, you know that the ancient Olympic Games originated from the sacrificial activities of those pagan evil spirits, which were later banned by the Holy See. Now the French are revived again. Does such a pagan activity violate the basic teachings of Catholicism and embark on the evil path of worshiping idols?"

As soon as the bishop heard the reporter mention the Olympics, he immediately knew that this guy had no good intentions. To say whether the French have betrayed the teachings of God and embarked on an evil path. you still need to ask? If you are a devout Christian, you know, of course it is. But the problem is that everyone knows about this kind of thing, and everyone can only think about it in their minds, and absolutely cannot say it. Say it, and it will make a big difference. Maybe, you will see that the whole Holy See has moved to Avignon again. So, you reporters, you are so...

"My child, the ancient Olympic Games were of course a sacrifice of cults, but that doesn't mean that the current Olympic Games are also like this." Fortunately, the Pope has long been on guard against these pervasive reporters. Over the years, His Majesty the Pope has been teaching everyone to guard against fire, theft and journalists. And when the French just came up with the idea of ​​the Olympic Games, His Holiness the Pope had already prepared a set of answers, and submitted them to various dioceses for study through the internal channels of the church. Immediately, he began to explain according to the content of the training.

"You see, winemaking, especially winemaking, is associated with pagan evil spirits, both in Greece and in Italy, but after Jesus Christ gave wine to his disciples, this pagan evil spirit thing , wouldn't it also become part of the sacred ceremony? The same is true for the sports meeting.

My child, you see, before Jesus went to the cross for mankind, everything about mankind was corrupt and sinful, but after Jesus used His precious blood to atone for mankind, everything is different from before. Amen! "

"Amen!" The reporter had no choice but to say along with the bishop.

"The original sins have been washed away, and the unclean things have become clean, like wine, like..." The bishop switched himself to the preaching mode and began to preach. According to the bishop's talents and habits, when he started talking like this, it didn't take an hour or two, and it probably wouldn't end. What's more terrible is that in this mode, almost every word the bishop said, he would say "Amen" or "Praise God", and then the reporter could only quickly put down his pen, cross himself on his chest, and follow up. "Amen" and "Praise God".

The bishop spoke for more than two hours at a stretch, citing various classics, and finally came to such a conclusion, that is, although the "Olympic Games" of the French seem to be different from those of paganism and evil spirits in appearance, The Olympics are very similar, but in essence, they are not the same. Today's Paris Olympics is fundamentally a Christian Olympics, so there is no problem. It is like pagan wine and Christian wine, although they look alike and taste alike, they are essentially different.

After fooling the reporters with a lot of complex logical transformations, the bishop finally came to the conclusion he had to draw, that is, the French made the "Paris Olympics" a Christian Olympics, which could glorify the Lord. Olympic Games.

Finally he told reporters:

"His Holiness has been invited by His Excellency Napoleon Bonaparte, the first ruler of France, to go to France to pray for the Olympic Games in person before the opening of next year's Olympic Games. Common festivals and ceremonies."

After it was reported that the pope would personally participate in the Olympic Games, it immediately attracted widespread attention, so the Holy See finally made the headlines of various newspapers again.

A reporter asked the Pope about the news revealed by the bishop. The Pope even pointed out that the Olympic Games will unite all people who believe in God, let them stop wars and love each other-there is nothing more in line with the spirit of Jesus, so naturally he will work hard to promote such an event. beautiful thing.

Of course, the pope's statement made the headlines of many newspapers, even many Austrian newspapers. Since the conflict between Austria and the Holy See, things related to the Holy See have rarely made the headlines of Austrian newspapers. Moreover, even if the Holy See appears in newspapers, it is mostly targeted for criticism.

But this time, even the Austrian newspapers agreed with the Holy See again. Of course, some newspapers still sighed: Why is the Pope so reasonable when facing France? Then...the newspaper was closed for rectification.