Singapore's
Media Development Authority has restricted Madonna’s concert being held at the
55,000-seat National Stadium to those aged over 18 because of the s*xual
references.
The archbishop in Singapore
has voiced his concerns about an upcoming Madonna concert there, warning his
flock not to support those who "denigrate and insult religions".
Archbishop William Goh said
he had met with government officials to express the church's concerns about
Sunday's concert, which is part of the US star's Rebel Heart tour.
The concert will be the
first by Madonna in largely conservative Singapore, as she was banned from
performing in 1993 after police decided her performances were
"objectionable to many on moral and religious grounds".
In a statement posted on
the diocese website, the archbishop said: "It is our moral obligation not
to support those who denigrate and insult religions, including anti-Christian
and immoral values promoted by the secular world.
"There is no
neutrality in faith; one is either for or against. Being present (at these
events) in itself is a counter witness."
The statement said many
Roman Catholics had been upset by the singer's "disrespectful use of
Catholic and Christian symbols".
He added that Christians
should "subscribe to authentic arts that lead us to God through the
appreciation of beauty...and not support the 'pseudo arts' that promote
sensuality, rebellion, disrespect, pornography, contamination of the mind of
the young, abusive freedom, individualism at the expense of the common good,
vulgarity, lies and half-truths".
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