Madonna reacts to Italian nun’s bizarre cover of ‘Like A Virgin’ A 26-year-old nun in Italy is releasing a secular, ballad version of ‘Like A Virgin’ – to the obvious bemusement of Ms Ciccone 26 OCTOBER 2014 | BY DAVID HUDSON We know that the Pope has recently made statements that indicate a softening in the church’s approach to LGBTI people, but we’re not sure how gay music fans around the world are likely to react to a nun’s interpretation of a gay icon’s classic hit song. Sister Cristina Scuccia heralds from Sicily. She won the Italian version of The Voice earlier this year and her debut album is due early November. As a teaser for the album, a video appeared last week of one of its tracks: a lavish, orchestral version of Madonna’s classic, ‘Like A Virgin’. Like Madonna’s original, the video was shot in Venice. Speaking of the controversial song choice, Sister Cristina told Catholic newspaper Avvenire; ‘I chose it myself. Without any desire to provoke or scandalize. If you read the lyrics without being influenced by what has gone before, you discover that it is a song about the capacity of love to make people new again. To release them from their past. And this is how I wanted to interpret it.’ Despite claiming that she had wanted to transform the song in to a ‘romantic ballad – more like a secular prayer than a pop song,’ there are indications that the more conservative elements of the church are not impressed. Italy’s Servizio Informazione Religiosa (Religious Information Service) news agency, which is known to be closely connected to the Italian Bishops’ Conference, has issued a statement criticizing the video as a ‘reckless and calculated commercial operation. ‘The public is always intrigued by the devil versus holy water theme, but not even the American nuns in Sister Act would have thought of something like this.’Now, Madonna has acknowledged Sister Cristina’s cover via her official Instagram account. She has posted two images that combine images of herself with Sister Cristina, saying ‘Sisters for Life! #touchedfortheveryfirsttime’ in one, and ‘Like A Virgin? #bitinghard’ in the other. Other songs covered on Sister Cristina’s album include Cyndi Lauper’s ‘True Colors’, Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’ and Jessie J’s ‘Price Tag’. - See more at: gaystarnews/article/madonna-reacts-italian-nun%E2%80%99s-bizarre-cover-%E2%80%98-virgin%E2%80%99261014#sthash.ecSNpPhp.dpuf https://youtube/watch?v=r0e8Uve7cJU
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