The 24-year-old singer also provided a cheeky quip, saying, "And Jesus ... Blessed Virgin Mary Church in New York City. Adding to what many saw as offensive and disrespectful, Carpenter’s ...

“And Jesus was a carpenter.” And technically, she’s right. Mark 6:3 in the Bible reads: “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon?

He envisioned a young Jesus surrounded by his parents, Joseph and Mary, in their working-class carpenter’s shop. It would be a new kind of scene: serene, overindulged with religious symbolism ...