“My detractors were hypocrites”: Madonna settles accounts with the Vatican

Even if she is never completely absent from the media, Madonna is nevertheless making what we can call a comeback at the start of 2023 with the announcement of the Celebration Tour, a world tour that will pass through Paris in the fall. She will notably give two concerts at the Accor Arena on November 12 and 13, 2023. And if the news delighted the singer’s fans, the ticket prices rather shocked them! New project obliges, Madonna, who is also preparing a biopic on her own life, communicates at all costs, and by all possible channels. After posting a video announcing his tour on his Instagram accountthe Queen of Pop also gave a long interview to the magazine Vanity Fair on January 18, 2023.

Madonna as Virgin Mary

On the occasion of this interview, Madonna proves that she has lost none of her splendor and that, despite the sexism, ageism and misogyny of which she is a regular victim, she still likes to provoke and play with codes. of religion. Indeed, on the cover of the magazine, the Madonna has slipped into the skin of the Virgin Mary, just that! A way for her to recall her attachment to religion. “In my opinion, it is essential to have a ritual practice and a spiritual life“, she explains, immediately adding: “A religion without understanding, without conscience, without questioning and without openness to others, is not religion. I do not subscribe to religious groups that exclude others, or that are extremist in any form. However, I respect all religions and encourage people to look into their belief system. One must understand and study the holy books and understand their rituals, because otherwise they are only dogmas and rules, and the practice becomes a meaningless exercise.“.

Madonna shocked by Church attacks, but combative

Fervent Catholic, Madonna is however aware that this photo risks, once again, to attract the wrath of religious authorities, which would not be a first in her career. Already, in 1984, like a virgin, his first great success, had earned him severe reprimands from Puritan Catholic associations. Rebelote in 1989 with the clip like a prayer, where she was seen dancing in front of burning crosses and, oh scandal, kissing a black Christ. But of all these criticisms, Madonna does not care, as she explains in the columns of Vanity Fair. “I was harshly criticized by the Vatican. I grew up in a Catholic family, and being attacked by the Church was a shock: with my job, I was just trying to do good, but they eluded them. I knew right away that the problem was with them, not me. They hadn’t understood that my songs brought people together, that they gave them the freedom to express themselves. I was only applying the teachings of Jesus“, she remembers. And the Madonna concludes with a cutting edge: “My detractors were hypocrites“. For Madonna, no doubt, the mass is said…