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Ear to the Ground

Madonna ‘Crucified’ in Italy, Angering Vatican

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Posted on Aug 7, 2006

The pop queen staged a mock crucifixion in a stadium a mile away from Vatican City, ignoring accusations of blasphemy by the Catholic Church, and even inviting Pope Benedict to come and watch.

  • Of course, Madonna has been fending off Vatican blasphemy accusations since 1989—in the pre-“covering up for child molestors” era, when many people still felt the Catholic Church held the moral high ground.

  • Reuters:

    Madonna has staged a mock-crucifixion in the Italian capital, ignoring a storm of protest and accusations of blasphemy from the Roman Catholic Church.

    In a sold-out stadium just a mile from Vatican City, the lapsed-Catholic diva wore a fake crown of thorns as she was raised on a glittery cross during the Rome stop of her worldwide “Confessions Tour”.

    The Vatican had accused her of blasphemy and provocation for even considering staging the sham crucifixion on its doorstep, anger Madonna further enflamed prior to the show by inviting Pope Benedict to come and watch.

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    By R. A. Earl, August 7, 2006 at 3:14 pm #
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    I’m no fan of Madonna’s music or exhibitionistic tendencies, but the lady does have a head on her shoulders and plenty of courage as well. My applause to her. I hope she pays her bodyguards well because I wouldn’t trust the “Vatican” hitmen as far as I could throw them. I believe the RC Church knows very well how to make problem people “disappear.”

    She and Sinead O’Connor have both taken swipes at this most preposterous collection of pretentious, pompous hypocrits. It seems to me that the loudness of Vatican complaints is a barometer of how close to the truth these women have come.

    It’s hard to criticize an entire organization as large and ubiquitous as the RC Church especially when there are times and places where they actually DO GOOD USEFUL WORK. I’ve read of work that some priests and nuns have done and have great respect for their accomplishments… the few who somehow either stick it to Rome’s nonsense, or ignore it, and get away with it.

    Unfortunately, in my view, the vast majority of RC priests and nuns are out there simply to spout the party line and condition as many “sheep” as possible for fleecing by the church.

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    By harald hardrada, August 7, 2006 at 1:26 pm #
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    if only madonna weren’t a freak of religiosity herself

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    By Collin, August 7, 2006 at 11:05 am #
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    We’ve got the R.C. church that doesn’t have the backgone to clean up its act vs. a celebrity who could care less about morality and thinks that she’s actually Important. 

    I choose neither.  smile

    Collin

    http://evangelicalperspective.blogspot.com

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