{"id":2093286,"date":"2023-11-07T18:22:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T23:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-priest-demoted-after-letting-pop-singer-desecrate-church-for-music-video\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T18:27:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T23:27:35","slug":"catholic-priest-demoted-after-letting-pop-singer-desecrate-church-for-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-priest-demoted-after-letting-pop-singer-desecrate-church-for-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Priest Demoted After Letting Pop Singer Desecrate Church for Music Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcatholic-priest-demoted-after-letting-pop-singer-desecrate-church-for-music-video%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2093286&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>When you think you have \u200cfinally seen every\u2064 destructive thing a culture \u2064can produce, something still more destructive confronts you.<\/h2>\n<p>In\u2062 the video for her new\u2064 single, \u201cFeather,\u201d pop singer\u2064 Sabrina Carpenter used a Catholic \u2062Church\u2019s sanctuary \u2063as a setting in which to perform provocative dances while scantily clad.<\/p>\n<p>Now, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thespectator.com\/topic\/catholic-priest-demoted-sabrina-carpenter-music-video-brooklyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Spectator<\/a>, the parish priest responsible\u2063 for \u200bapproving the church\u2019s use has suffered \u200ddemotion.<\/p>\n<p>Carpenter\u2019s performance occurred at the Church of\u2064 the Annunciation \u200cof the Blessed Virgin Mary\u2062 in Brooklyn, New York. She released\u2063 the video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/costume-year-joe-biden-halloween-viral-video-trend-goes-bonkers-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Halloween<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In response to justifiable outrage, the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn\u2062 has stripped Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello of administrative duties. The Diocese also removed Gigantiello from a development role.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bishop Robert Brennan restored the sanctity of the altar by presiding over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bold-lion-thousand-christians-march-nyc-reverent-hymns-echo-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mass<\/a> of Reparation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>\u201cBishop Brennan is appalled at what was filmed at Annunciation of the\u2063 Blessed Virgin Mary Church\u2064 in\u2064 Brooklyn. The parish did not follow\u2063 Diocesan \u200bpolicy regarding\u2062 the filming on Church property, which includes a review of\u2062 the scenes and script.\u2064 The parish reports that the production company failed to accurately represent the \u200cvideo content. Bishop Brennan is taking this matter seriously and\u2062 will be looking into it\u200b further,\u201d a Diocesan \u2063representative said\u2064 in a statement.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Perhaps this is a function of advancing age,\u2063 but what struck me most about Carpenter\u2019s video was her utter insignificance.<\/p>\n<p>Never mind\u2062 that she looks, sounds and behaves like any\u200b other uninhibited\u200c blond pop\u200b singer in the 21st century. That would make her unremarkable only in comparison with her peers.<\/p>\n<p>She defiled a\u200d the holy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/massive-us-church-votes-leave-woke-denomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">setting<\/a> to showcase herself; however, her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-priest-demoted-after-letting-pop-singer-desecrate-church-for-music-video\/\" title=\"Catholic Priest Demoted After Letting Pop Singer Desecrate Church for Music Video\">comparative insignificance defies human comprehension<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On some deep level, in fact, one senses that even she\u200c must know these things about herself.<\/p>\n<p>Oddly enough, Carpenter\u2019s desecrating performance appeared only in the\u200b final 40 seconds of a more than three-minute video.<\/p>\n<p>Most of what\u200b preceded that performance had Carpenter\u2062 playing \u2063the role of a beleaguered, sexualized object, \u200dalbeit a \u2064violent one.<\/p>\n<p>First, she strolled along a sidewalk, wearing headphones\u2063 while sporting a \u2062skin-tight top and\u2062 short skirt.\u200b Young men began to\u200c follow her.\u00a0 She ignored them, and within moments a passing truck ran them \u2063over.<\/p>\n<p>Then, she found herself in a gym wearing boxing \u200bgloves and punching at the camera. Her \u200doutfit, of course, revealed as much as possible while still passing for workout clothes. Men literally began fighting over her while she took selfies.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, blood began to\u200c spatter. It seemed that\u2064 all her admirers had killed each \u200bother. She appeared to enjoy this \u2063as she gingerly stepped over their bodies.<\/p>\n<p>In the next scene,\u2064 she\u2062 entered an elevator. A nicely dressed young man \u2063caught her attention, but \u2064he tried to keep his notice\u2064 of her\u200d secret, and\u200b in fact, he checked his watch.<\/p>\n<p>Still, as \u2063she led him \u200cout of the elevator by his\u200b tie, it became clear that she intended to kill\u2064 him. She got his tie stuck in \u2064the elevator, and moments\u2062 later \u200cblood ran down the door as she \u2064waved \u200cgoodbye.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the scene shifted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/suspect-allegedly-attacks-churchgoer-service-deploys-suspicious-devices-police-respond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">church<\/a>.\u200d Here, she performed what <a href=\"https:\/\/thespectator.com\/newsletter\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/madonna-worth-reported-850-million-says-shes-victim-of-the-patriarchy-social-media-slams-her\/\" title=\"Madonna, Worth Reported 0 Million, Says She\u2019s Victim Of \u2018The Patriarchy\u2019;  Social Media Slams Her\">pop-star<\/a>-desecrates-church-for-music-video-culture-shock-11-2-2023\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>The Spectator<\/a> called\u2064 a\u2062 \u201cderanged version of confession\u201d for her crime.<\/p>\n<p>Dressed in \u2062a revealing black outfit and veil that seemed to\u200c mock the very idea of mourning,\u2062 she \u2063strutted\u200b down the center\u200b aisle and danced in front of\u200d the altar, itself covered \u2063with candles and other\u200c objects. Four pastel coffins \u2014 two on each side \u2014 flanked the altar. Then, having finished, she exited \u2062the front of the church\u200c with an\u200d exhale of relief.<\/p>\n<p>Thus ended the spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>Carpenter\u2019s video, which\u200d contains vulgar language and disturbing imagery, can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kLbn61Z4LDI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Again, having described that video, I cannot help but sense that Carpenter recognizes her own insignificance. How could she not?\u200c A young, blond <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/show-players-not-taylor-swift-says-annoyed-nfl-legend-just-little-bit-much\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pop star<\/a> who wears revealing clothing and gets attention \u200dfrom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happy-anniversary-lincoln-project-founder-rick-wilson-celebrates-7-years-since-390k-tax-lien\/\" title=\"Happy Anniversary! Lincoln Project Founder Rick Wilson Celebrates 7 Years Since 0K Tax Lien\">young men<\/a>? She could hardly be less original.<\/p>\n<p>That makes\u2064 her at least\u200c as much an object of \u200bpity as of scorn.<\/p>\n<p>After all, if she wanted to realize \u2062her authentic self, she needed only to\u2062 look around for inspiration. Rather than\u200d settling for a cookie-cutter, pop-star,\u200d shock-at-all-costs persona, she\u200b could have begun\u2062 a journey toward becoming \u200cthe person <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/college-football-coach-goes-viral-glorifies-god-rousing-speech-title-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God<\/a> \u200dmade her to be.<\/p>\n<p>Therein lay our modern culture\u2019s destructive capacity. A young woman could throw off \u2062all her silly airs to\u2062 find\u200d eternal love and purpose, and yet even in close proximity to the\u200d thing she most craves \u2014 finding her authentic self \u2063\u2014\u200b she cannot recognize it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dont-let-end-times-thinking-divert-attention-gods-trying-earth-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God<\/a> works in mysterious ways, however, so perhaps one day she will.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A Note from Our Founder:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Silicon Valley and \u200dthe \u200cBig Tech tyrants have done everything they can\u2064 to put The Western Journal out of business. 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Brown<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Founder of The Western Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The \u2063post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/catholic-priest-demoted-letting-pop-singer-desecrate-church-music-video\/\">Catholic Priest Demoted After Letting Pop Singer Desecrate Church for Music Video<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does the exploitation and objectification of\u200b Carpenter&#8217;s sexuality\u200d contribute to the shock value \u200bof \u2064her actions in\u200b the music video?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  A punching bag while\u200d men watched and cheered. Eventually, she became overwhelmed and began to destroy\u200c everything in sight, including smashing a TV and throwing\u2063 weights around.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the video, Carpenter\u2019s sexuality is exploited and objectified, presented\u200b as a tool for \u2062shock value. Her desecration of the church&#8217;s \u2063sanctuary, while shocking and disrespectful, is just another\u2062 example of her willingness to go to any extreme for attention.<\/p>\n<p>It is unfortunate that our culture has become so numb to destruction \u2063and disrespect that acts like this are even possible. The\u200d fact that \u200dCarpenter&#8217;s video \u2063was \u2062released \u2064on Halloween, a day associated with darkness and mischief, \u200conly adds to \u2064the troubling nature of her actions.<\/p>\n<p>But perhaps \u200cwhat is even more alarming than\u200c Carpenter&#8217;s video itself is the response \u2062from her fans. Many have praised\u200d her for her \u2064boldness and artistic expression, completely overlooking \u2062the fact that she has disrespected a sacred place of worship.<\/p>\n<p>The catholic church has been a \u200bsubject of controversy \u2063and criticism for years, \u200cand while it is important to\u200d address issues within the church, using it \u200bas a backdrop for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brooklyn-bishop-appalled-pop-stars-provocative-music-video-was-filmed-inside-church\/\" title=\"Brooklyn Bishop 'Shocked' by Pop Star's Church Music Video\">provocative music video<\/a> is not the\u2064 solution. It only serves to further divide and \u200doffend those\u200d who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-christmas-christians-remain-persecuted-around-the-world\/\" title=\"On Christmas, Christians Remain Persecuted Around the World\">hold religious beliefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a society, we must question our tolerance\u200c for destructive and disrespectful behavior. When we allow such acts to become normalized,\u2062 we lose \u2062sight of \u200cthe values and principles that hold us together.<\/p>\n<p>We should strive for a culture\u2063 that\u2062 promotes understanding, empathy, and respect, rather than one\u200b that celebrates destruction and shock value. It is only through these principles that we \u2062can\u200d build a\u2064 society that is inclusive and harmonious.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Sabrina Carpenter&#8217;s use of\u200d a church&#8217;s\u2064 sanctuary for her scandalous music video is just \u2062another example of the destructive and \u2062disrespectful nature of our \u2063culture. It is a reminder that we must\u2062 reevaluate our tolerance\u200d for such behavior and strive for a society that values understanding and respect above all else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the video for her new single &#8220;Feather,&#8221; pop singer Sabrina Carpenter shocks by using a Catholic Church&#8217;s sanctuary as a backdrop for provocative dances in revealing attire. 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