Madonna at the 2021 MTV Awards. AP Photo.
After nearly two weeks of being inactive on her official Twitter account, Madonna returned to post on this social network. However, far from making an announcement about his musical career, he made a surprise request for a meeting with Pope Francis.
Hi @Pontifex Francis –i am a good catholic. I swear! I mean I don’t swear! ”The 63-year-old American singer, who has 2.7 million followers on Twitter, began her message.
After that brief introduction, he launched his request: “It’s been decades since I last confessed.Is it possible to meet one day to discuss some important matters?“.
“I have been excommunicated three times. Seems unfair to me. Sincerely, Madonna ”, said goodbye to the artist, who garnered over 1,000 retweets, nearly 6,000 likes and approximately 300 comments in just three hours.
This isn’t the first time the pop queen has proposed a meeting with the Argentine pontiff. When he stopped walking, in 2015 he invited her to eat pasta and drink wine. “God bless Pope Francis. We must meet. A plate of pasta, a bottle of fine wine. Do I have a chance? ”He declared in an interview in New York for Italian radio RTL 102.5.
Months later, she even offered a song to him on a show he gave to Philadelphia as part of his Rebel Heart Tour. “Since Popey-Wopey is coming here, I want to dedicate this song to him,” he said referring to Francisco and singing. Life in Rose by Edith Piaff.
Then, he referred to his three excommunications and expressed his condolences to Jorge Bergoglio: “I have been excommunicated from the Catholic Church three times. That shows that the Vatican cares deeply. The rules are for fools. That is why I want this new Papa. He seems more open minded“.
The strong crosses between Madonna and the Vatican
Ang March 3, 1989, MTV released the unauthorized 12+ version of Madonna’s Like a Prayer video clip. In the video, the singer witnessed a woman being raped by some white men, who stabbed her. Police then arrested a black man who just wanted to help the victim.
So Madonna went to church to pray and ask for advice on what to do. After reviving a saint (who is the same actor of the wrongly imprisoned man), he cuts himself with a knife. Finally, he went to the police station and told his testimony.
Like that the queen of pop got her first excommunication. After a strong boycott campaign, led by various religious authorities, Pope John Paul II issued a statement to ban the entry of Madonna, her music and her images into Italy, while describing the video clip as “one of the most satanic show in human history“.
Madonna was crucified to express her criticism of the Church. Photo by AP.
A year later, the Vatican tried to stop his show at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome. Far from remaining silent, the singer defended himself in a press release: “If you are sure that I am a sinner, let Him, the one who has never sinned, be the first to stone. Prevents me from acting, the catholic church says it does not believe in these freedoms“.
In 2006, Madonna again provoked the anger of Catholics by appears to be staring at a neon cross on stage, on their Confessions Tour. “This concert is a blasphemous challenge to the faith and blasphemy of the cross. should be dismissed“, declared from the Vatican.
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Source: Clarin
