Minaj says he was inspired by Madonna for the performance. AFP

• They consider disrespectful show which included a false Pope and an exorcism

Minaj attended the ceremony, where was the award of best new artist, dressed in a red Versace dress

LOS ANGELES, United States (FEB/13/2012)-the performance of rapper Nicki Minaj on Sunday at the Grammy awards gala caused the rejection of a Catholic Organization of us, which today criticized the artist and the Recording Academy a show that included a false Pope and an exorcism as disrespectful.

In a comment made on the website of the Group Catholic League, its Chairman, Bill Donohue, described the performance of the Trinidadian Nicki Minaj an “attack” to Catholicism marked by sexual connotations and welcomed by the entity which awards.

“None of this was an accident and everything was approved by the Recording Academy.” If Minaj is owned is certainly an open question, but there is no doubt of the irresponsibility of the Recording Academy. You would “never allow an artist to insult Judaism or islam”, he said.

Minaj attended the ceremony, where was the award of best new artist, dressed in a red dress from Versace that simulated design of a nun habit and accompanied by a man disguised as a Pope.

During the gala, the rapper from 29 years sang his song “Roman Holiday”, which portrayed a young woman endemoniada, surrounded by Christian iconography and a group of dancers by way of monks.

His performance seemed to emulate an exorcism, which operated the purported Pope included a moment in which Minaj seemed to levitate on stage.

“Surely the most vulgar part was sexual statement which showed a slight clothing dancer stretching backwards while an altar boy knelt between their legs to pray”, Donohue said annoyed.

The President of Catholic League, an organization created to ensure respect for the Catholic Church in the US, considered the performance of Minaj joined the list of “attacks” to Catholics in a country where already maintain a “struggle for their rights” to a Government in “hostile” Washington.

Nicki Minaj said today in a radio broadcast that their Grammy show had as reference the singer Madonna, with whom she appeared in the last edition of the Super Bowl.

“Working with Madonna changed my life.” This is the first performance of which I am proud in my entire career. “When I saw (the perfectionism of Madonna) inspired me a lot”, said Minaj, whose theme “Roman Holiday” is based on a fictional story that has been preparing two years.

“He (novel) is the protagonist of a film that I am writing one of my alter ego,” explained Minaj, who said he used religious imagery as allegory to send a message of that being different isn’t bad.

“I had this vision for Roman, so will perform you an exorcism”. People to her around tells him that it is not good enough, which is not normal, it does not fit with the rest. “He wanted to show that not only is it amazing and sure of himself, but never gonna let him do an exorcism and when the throw holy water he stands”, pointed out.

Madonna, inspired by Minaj, also found in the past criticism from Catholics.

In 1989 he recorded the album “Like a prayer”, whose promotional video was described by the Italian church of blasphemous and came to be vetoed by some television channels.

The Recording Academy has not replied yet to the Catholic League and at the time of writing this note still had not responded to Efe thereon.