Religions > Atheism > Catholic, Muslim And Jewish Leaders Have United To Condemn Madonna's Blasphemous Show In Rome
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Vatican unhappy as Madonna drops by
News.co.au ^ | August 03, 2006 | Rachel Sanderson
Posted on 08/03/2006 8:30:44 AM PDT by FJ290
ROME'S Catholic, Muslim and Jewish leaders have united to condemn pop
star Madonna's decision to stage a mock-crucifixion when she performs
in the Italian capital on Sunday a stone's throw away from Vatican
City.
The lapsed-Catholic diva's latest irreverent performance sees her
wearing a fake crown of thorns and descending on a suspended, glittery
cross as part of her worldwide "Confessions Tour".
Having already been criticised in the US, Catholics priests from across
the Eternal City have gone one further saying the act "comes close to
blasphemy".
"It is disrespectful, in bad taste and provocative," Father Manfredo
Leone from Rome's Santa Maria Liberatrice church said late today about
the star's latest stage stunt.
"Being raised on a cross with a crown of thorns like a modern Christ is
absurd. Doing it in the cradle of Christianity comes close to
blasphemy."
In an unusual show of religious solidarity, Muslim and Jewish leaders
added their condemnation of the self-styled Queen of Pop, famous for
peppering her concerts and videos with controversial religious and
sexual imagery.
"I think her idea is in the worst taste and she'd do better to go
home," Mario Scialoja, head of Italy's Muslim League said.
Riccardo Pacifici, spokesman and vice president of the Roman Jewish
community, added Madonna should have pulled the routine considering
where she was performing - a stadium a mile from the gates of Vatican
City.
It is not the first time Madonna, who has a Catholic Italian-American
father, has raised the ire of the Catholic Church.
Catholic leaders condemned as blasphemous her controversial 1989 video
for hit song Like a Prayer, featuring burning crosses, statues crying
blood and Madonna seducing a black Jesus.
In 2004, a Vatican group warned that her latest religious belief
"Kabbalah", a mystical form of Judaism, was a potential threat to the
Roman Catholic faithful.
Madonna, 47, has refused to kowtow to Italy's Catholic sensibilities,
but in an interview published on Thursday she had nothing but praise
for her Italian background.
She told Italy's edition of Vanity Fair her "good Italian genes" were
the reason for her staying in shape, famously allowing her to writhe in
a leotard in a recent video.
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04 Aug 2006 10:55:15 AM |
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"Sound of Trumpet" <soundoftrumpet@bluebottle.com> wrote in message
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Vatican unhappy as Madonna drops by
The vatican can get bent!
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| User: "William December Starr" |
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05 Aug 2006 02:15:35 AM |
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In that case she must *really* be doing something right.
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William December Starr <wdstarr@panix.com>
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05 Aug 2006 02:28:15 AM |
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"William December Starr" <wdstarr@panix.com> wrote in message news:eb1gin$9la$1@panix1.panix.com...
In that case she must *really* be doing something right.
It's just jealousy. Madonna's approval ratings are higher
than Joey's.
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| User: "Jos Flachs" |
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04 Aug 2006 02:06:42 AM |
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On 3 Aug 2006 17:02:23 -0700, "Sound of Trumpet"
<soundoftrumpet@bluebottle.com> wrote:
Vatican unhappy as Madonna drops by
Tell the pope not to buy a ticket, then.
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03 Aug 2006 09:15:58 PM |
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On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:02:23 -0700, Sound of Trumpet in
<1154649742.976114.121200@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> wrote:
ROME'S Catholic, Muslim and Jewish leaders have united to condemn pop star
Madonna's decision to stage a mock-crucifixion when she performs in the
Italian capital on Sunday a stone's throw away from Vatican City.
Poor widdle whiny babies...
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04 Aug 2006 06:45:25 AM |
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On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:02:23 -0700, Sound of Trumpet wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1677086/posts
Vatican unhappy as Madonna drops by
Madonna has an unbelievable musical talent, and enjoys dissing the RCC.
What's not to like about her?
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03 Aug 2006 09:58:36 PM |
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Sound of Trumpet wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1677086/posts
Vatican unhappy as Madonna drops by
News.co.au ^ | August 03, 2006 | Rachel Sanderson
Posted on 08/03/2006 8:30:44 AM PDT by FJ290
ROME'S Catholic, Muslim and Jewish leaders have united to condemn pop
star Madonna's decision to stage a mock-crucifixion when she performs
in the Italian capital on Sunday a stone's throw away from Vatican
City.
The lapsed-Catholic diva's latest irreverent performance sees her
wearing a fake crown of thorns and descending on a suspended, glittery
cross as part of her worldwide "Confessions Tour".
Having already been criticised in the US, Catholics priests from across
the Eternal City have gone one further saying the act "comes close to
blasphemy".
"It is disrespectful, in bad taste and provocative," Father Manfredo
Leone from Rome's Santa Maria Liberatrice church said late today about
the star's latest stage stunt.
"Being raised on a cross with a crown of thorns like a modern Christ is
absurd. Doing it in the cradle of Christianity comes close to
blasphemy."
In an unusual show of religious solidarity, Muslim and Jewish leaders
added their condemnation of the self-styled Queen of Pop, famous for
peppering her concerts and videos with controversial religious and
sexual imagery.
"I think her idea is in the worst taste and she'd do better to go
home," Mario Scialoja, head of Italy's Muslim League said.
Riccardo Pacifici, spokesman and vice president of the Roman Jewish
community, added Madonna should have pulled the routine considering
where she was performing - a stadium a mile from the gates of Vatican
City.
It is not the first time Madonna, who has a Catholic Italian-American
father, has raised the ire of the Catholic Church.
Catholic leaders condemned as blasphemous her controversial 1989 video
for hit song Like a Prayer, featuring burning crosses, statues crying
blood and Madonna seducing a black Jesus.
In 2004, a Vatican group warned that her latest religious belief
"Kabbalah", a mystical form of Judaism, was a potential threat to the
Roman Catholic faithful.
Madonna, 47, has refused to kowtow to Italy's Catholic sensibilities,
but in an interview published on Thursday she had nothing but praise
for her Italian background.
She told Italy's edition of Vanity Fair her "good Italian genes" were
the reason for her staying in shape, famously allowing her to writhe in
a leotard in a recent video.
I wonder what would happen if she did an act mocking Mohammed.
.................can you spell fatwah?
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03 Aug 2006 08:42:04 PM |
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Sound of Trumpet wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1677086/posts
Vatican unhappy as Madonna drops by
News.co.au ^ | August 03, 2006 | Rachel Sanderson
Posted on 08/03/2006 8:30:44 AM PDT by FJ290
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"It is disrespectful, in bad taste and provocative," Father Manfredo
Leone from Rome's Santa Maria Liberatrice church said late today about
the star's latest stage stunt.
So? Do people in Italy claim the right not to be offended?
"Being raised on a cross with a crown of thorns like a modern Christ is
absurd. Doing it in the cradle of Christianity comes close to
blasphemy."
Vicitimless crime.
In an unusual show of religious solidarity, Muslim and Jewish leaders
added their condemnation of the self-styled Queen of Pop, famous for
peppering her concerts and videos with controversial religious and
sexual imagery.
"I think her idea is in the worst taste and she'd do better to go
home," Mario Scialoja, head of Italy's Muslim League said.
I did a little searching, and have been unable to find Italy's Muslim
League condemning Islamic terrorism. I think they need to get their
priorities straightened. A little blasphemy is nothing compared to the
slaughter of human beings.
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03 Aug 2006 10:29:13 PM |
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Sound of Trumpet wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1677086/posts
Vatican unhappy as Madonna drops by
How does one transubstantiate whine?
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03 Aug 2006 07:48:47 PM |
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What's so funny about peace, love and "Sound of Trumpet"
<soundoftrumpet@bluebottle.com> posting the following on 3 Aug 2006
17:02:23 -0700 iin alt.atheism?
Vatican unhappy as Madonna drops by
Poor babies.
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source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a
stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as
good as dead: his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein
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03 Aug 2006 10:49:41 PM |
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On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:48:47 GMT, Douglas Berry
<penguin_boy@mindOBVIOUSspring.com> wrote:
What's so funny about peace, love and "Sound of Trumpet"
<soundoftrumpet@bluebottle.com> posting the following on 3 Aug 2006
17:02:23 -0700 iin alt.atheism?
Vatican unhappy as Madonna drops by
Poor babies.
Madonna's doing her bit to bring disparate believers together. How
noble!
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