Madonna, Pope Francis
Taylor Hill/Film Magic; Franco Aureglia/Getty ImagesMadonna She was criticized for sharing a photo of herself with artificial intelligence and Pope Francis.
Madonna, 66, shared what looks like a photo of the Pope, 87, embracing the pop icon via her Instagram Story on Friday, December 13. The image, which has since expired, read: “Good to see her.” Madonna also tagged her Instagram account Rick Dickwho made the picture.
Dick also posted the photo on his page account With the caption “Maidonna and the Pope. Thank you @Madonna.” ❤️🔥“.
The photo then sparked controversy on the Internet.
Since releasing her debut album in 1983, Madonna has rarely been out of the public eye, and has never stopped delivering floor-filling pop hits. Madonna – whose full name is Madonna Louise Ciccone – was born in Bay City, Michigan in 1958, and began dancing as a child after convincing her father to allow her to study (…)
“This is ridiculously disrespectful,” one social media user wrote in the comments section, while others found it “very weird” and “very creepy.”
Neither Madonna, Dick, nor the Vatican have publicly addressed the backlash. Us Weekly I have reached out for comment. However, the AI artist shared screenshots of media coverage of the controversy via Instagram Story on Saturday, December 14.
Madonna name, songs Like “like a prayer” Its tours have previously been criticized by Catholic figures for allegedly including religious symbols. Its 1990 Blonde ambition The Pope even boycotted the tour at that time. Pope John Paul II.
“I was raised under a Catholic education. During the press conference, while I was busy promoting In bed with Madonna“I was shocked to see myself being attacked by the church because they were unable to understand how much my work was trying to produce something good,” Madonna said. Vanity Fair Italy In 2023. “I immediately realized that the problem was them, not me. The problem was with them because they did not understand that my work as an artist unites people and gives them freedom of expression and unity. It was a mirror of Jesus' teachings. Whoever attacks me is just a hypocrite.”
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Now, Madonna is known as a spiritualist.
“I think it is important to have a pattern of ritual and spiritual life. But I also believe that religion without understanding, without knowledge, without curiosity and inclusion, cannot be considered a religion.” “Religion is not adherence to an exclusive or extremist group. Religion is respect for other religions.” Religion encourages people to understand what they believe and study what they believe instead of adhering to a doctrine that without study and without understanding will be empty and sterile.
Madonna added: “My relationship with religion today? Developing my spiritual practices. Practices that are good for me are not necessarily good for everyone. I think everyone should do this because I find it important to pray and connect with the spirit, with spiritual power, you name it. I think it's important because I believe in the idea of something bigger, something higher, something metaphysical that transcends us but keeps us all together.
