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Chicago Tribune - August 8, 2006
Cardinal Ersilio Tonini, who spoke with the approval of Pope Benedict XVI, called the concert "a blasphemous challenge to the faith."
Madonna says the part of her show when she wears a crown of thorns and is raised on a cross while singing "Live To Tell" is an appeal for AIDS charities.
But Rev. Manfredo Leone of Rome's Santa Maria Liberatrice Church told the BBC it was "disrespectful" and "in bad taste."
Muslim and Jewish leaders in the city also raised objections.
The Italian news agency ANSA said the show Sunday also included a video clip in which the pope and former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi were shown alongside Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.
"An Artfully-Created Scandal" read a headline Monday in Avvenire, the Italian bishops' daily.
The crowd of 70,000 fans at the Olympic Stadium was dotted with VIPs, ANSA said, including director Pedro Almodovar, actress Penelope Cruz, Lenny Kravitz and heroes of Italy's World Cup-winning soccer team Francesco Totti and Alessandro del Piero.
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