Madonna has requested a meeting with Pope Francis, insisting that she’s “a good Catholic’, despite being “excommunicated three times”.“Hello [Pope] Francis – I’m a good Catholic”, she wrote in a tweet. “I swear!
I mean I don’t swear! It’s been a few decades since my last confession. Would it be possible to meet up one day to discuss some important matters?
I’ve been excommunicated three times. It doesn’t seem fair. Sincerely, Madonna”.If you’re wondering, her big run-ins with the Catholic Church in the past include the controversy around the ‘Like A Prayer’ video in 1989, which featured burning crosses and Madonna getting intimate with Jesus in a church.
Then there was her ‘Blond Ambition’ tour in 1990, which was controversial for all sorts of reasons, and which then pope John Paul II urged people not to attend when it came to Italy.Most recently, in 2006, Pope Benedict XVI threatened to excommunicate the singer if she did not cut part of her stage show for a performance in Rome.
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