Black Madonna is a term used to describe images ... Virgin Mary—a highly contentious issue in some quarters of the Catholic Church. There are numerous examples of icons, paintings, and wooden ...

In another photo, Madonna was dressed in a sleeveless black dress and matching habit as she leaned in for a kiss with a woman dressed as a nun. The Material Girl star, who is Catholic, leaned in ...

Catholic leaders condemned as blasphemous her controversial 1989 video for hit song "Like a Prayer", featuring burning crosses, statues crying blood and Madonna seducing a black Jesus. In 2004 ...

The first photo shared on her Instagram story featured Madonna, 66, snuggled next to the head of the Catholic Church in a black lace dress. Pope Francis looked as if he was grabbing her arm with ...