Madonna and Ritchie under fire for Purim dresses

Madonna and her husband, the filmmaker Guy Ritchie, have infuriated Catholic leaders by attending a party dressed as a nun and the Pope respectively, at a time when Pope John Paul II is becoming increasingly frail. Madonna and Ritchie were attending a Cabbala bash in London to celebrate the Jewish holiday Purim. The president of the Catholic League in the United States, William Donahue, said: "It just goes to show you what a moral slug this man is, that he would get dressed up as the Pope at a time like this. We're quite disappointed. We Catholics thought we had finally gotten rid of the witch when she (Madonna) discovered Cabbala." However, Madonna's publicist said that "No disrespect was intended".