Madonna, the altar girl at 64

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. 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.’