Madonna To Stage Crucifixion in Vatican

While on tour supporting Confessions On A Dancefloor, Madonna has been staging her own crucifixion complete with mirrored cross and a crown of thorns. The prospect of the scene playing out in Rome’s Olympic Stadium has drawn fire from religious leaders. “To crucify yourself in the city of the pope and the martyrs is an act of open hostility,” Cardinal Ersilio Tonini said in La Stampa daily on Wednesday. “It’s a scandal created on purpose by astute merchants to attract publicity.”http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060803/ap_en_mu/italy_madonna;_ylt=ArOTw0YDIoB7XelLIUpSO5AIHL8C;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA–