The "Confessions" concert is set to air the night before Thanksgiving, Nov. 22, the New York Daily News reported Friday. In the scene, Madonna climbs onto a cross with a crown of thorns on while singing "Live to Tell.
" Catholic leaders around the world have consistently slammed the singer since the tour began, attacking her for using a cross as a concert prop. Madonna, however, defended the scene and urged people to see it before condemning it. "This is not a mocking of the church," she said in a statement.
"Rather, it is my plea to the audience to encourage mankind to help one another and to see the world as a unified whole. I believe in my heart that if Jesus were alive today he would be doing the same thing." NBC released a short statement that said, "The 'Live to Tell' song has been revised for NBC's broadcast special.
" "I know it was Madonna's desire to have the show air in its entirety, but it didn't work out that way," Madonna rep Liz Rosenberg told the Los Angeles Times. "She is not mocking the church.
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