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Madonna's Show Labels 'Satanic' by Pope |
Contributed By: Joanna Ester
Created On: Sunday, 07 September 2008
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"I dedicate this song to the pope, because I'm a child of God. All of you are also children of God," she told the 60,000 fans that flocked to the Italian stop of her 'Sticky & Sweet' world tour on Saturday (September 7).
Italian newspapers gushed over the singer's electric performance and called the dedication a surprising provocation.
"At the Roman leg of her tour, Madonna didn't miss the opportunity for a provocation that will certainly be discussed," report Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
Madonna, who comes from a devout Italian Catholic family, has raised the ire of the Catholic Church in the past with sexually charged antics designed to shock.
In 2006, she staged a mock-crucifixion at a concert in Rome to the backdrop of accusations from the Vatican of blasphemy.
The Vatican also condemned her controversial 1989 video for the song 'Like a Prayer' that featured burning crosses, statues crying blood and Madonna seducing a black Jesus.
The Vatican later panned a show where she decked the stage out with religious imagery as one of the most "satanic shows in the history of humanity."
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