The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
October 19, 1992

CELEBRITY BUZZ Madonna rips Sinead for her attack on pope


   Madonna said in Dublin, Ireland, that Irish singer Sinead O'Connor went too
far by tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II on "Saturday Night Live."

   "I think there's a better way to present her ideas rather than ripping up an
image that means a lot to other people," she said in a radio interview. "If
she's against the Roman Catholic Church and she has a problem with them, I think
she should talk about it. I think you have to do more than denigrate a symbol."

   O'Connor has publicly railed against the church-state relationship in
Ireland, including prohibitions on divorce and abortion. Madonna, who's
promoting her book "Sex" and album "Erotica," has used crucifixes and sexual
imagery in her act.