Given her years of provoking the Roman Catholic Church, it seems Madonna could not resist a chance to pose in front of an altar.
While hardly likely to cause the controversy of some of her earlier songs, such as Like A Prayer, it was nevertheless a startling image to put out during her 64th birthday celebrations.
Madonna posted on her Instagram story of her lounging on the steps of an altar for her 64th birthday celebrations
The picture of the singer sitting barefoot in a pink floral dress on the marble steps of an altar was taken in Sicily.
Madonna, who also showed off her remarkably smooth complexion, captioned the image: ‘Jesus loves me.’
She wore five layered cross pendants and bangles with her hair styled in thin blonde box braids as she lay barefoot across marble steps in front of the altar.
Elsewhere the star, dubbed the Queen of Pop, posed on a gold throne and captioned the picture ‘La Regina’.
The images were taken in Sicily and the singer captioned the images ‘Jesus loves me’
Madonna donned a floral pink dress and showed off her remarkably smooth complexion