Madonna has angered fans and Catholics around the world with her latest Instagram post featuring AI-generated images of the Pope.

The Queen of Pop, 66, has a complicated relationship with the Catholic Church, clashing with several leaders and making her feelings clear about Pope Francis, 87.

When she called him “groovy” in a 2015 interview and added, “I think maybe we could get together and talk about sex,” her recent AI-generated photos of the religious leader should come as no surprise to her most loyal fans, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t a surprise to everyone.

On her social media account on Friday, the Material Girl singer shared two fake images that appear to show the holy leader, who has held the role since 2013, making a move on her.

In one image, Madonna is seen wearing a corset, flaunting her bust and wearing several statement necklaces. The AI-generated Pope had his arm wrapped around her waist as he leaned forward, seemingly sniffing her hair.

She captioned the post: “Feels good to be seen…”

A second fake photo shared by the seven-time Grammy winner showed her in a black lace top hugging the pope as he wrapped his arms around her and pressed his face lovingly against hers.

The caption read: “I’m heading into the weekend like…”

The images were quickly re-shared on social media platform X, with many fans expressing their outrage.

vK_Addictor wrote: “This is insanely disrespectful and strange and I’m not even a Christian.” Raja agreed, adding: “Using AI to depict Madonna with the Pope raises questions about ethics and respect in digital art.”

AJ Abdulraheem also commented on the ethics of the post and wrote: “This is unethical and not good at all.”

However, others found it amusing. Michaelcarreyyyy wrote: “She’s so funny for it.” GodisMadonna also chimed in, tweeting: “She’s so untrustworthy.”

“She’s so messy, I love her,” Littlebigjuicy added.

Madonna, who was raised Catholic, has had a complicated relationship with the church for most of her life, telling Billboard in 2015 that she had been “excommunicated” more than once.

The rocky relationship began early in her career, when she released hits like “Like A Virgin” and “Papa Don’t Preach,” which were not popular with the church.

After the latter’s release in 1986, conservative groups in America believed the lyrics sent a “pro-life” message, while Planned Parenthood’s then-executive director Alfred Moran told the New York Times the song was “destructive.” .

As for the church, Madonna controversially dedicated the hit to Pope John Paul II in 1987, leading to the Vatican publicly denouncing the pop star and the then-Pope criticizing her Who’s That Girl Tour concerts in Italy.

Three years later, in 1990, he asked church members to boycott their Blond Ambition tour.

The church also demanded the pop star’s explicit illustrated book sexreleased in 1992, was shunned by the public and Catholic groups expressed anger over her use of religious symbols during the MDNA tour in 2012.

Despite being publicly denounced, the laureate has returned to her Catholic faith many times throughout her career and often uses or draws on religious imagery in her works.

Speaking to the Irish Independent in 2015, she described her faith, stating: “I don’t belong to any particular religious group. “I connect with different ritual aspects of different belief systems and see the common thread between all religious beliefs.”

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