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Italy's Singing Nun Cristina Scuccia Covers Madonna's 'Like a Virgin' in Debut Single (Video)

Italy's Singing Nun Cristina Scuccia Covers Madonna's 'Like a Virgin' in Debut Single (Video)

By Eric Chen 23 Oct, 2014 14:59 EDT

Sister Cristina performing on The Voice — Sister Cristina dazzled Italy with her performances on The Voice earlier this year (AFP)

Italian nun sister Cristina Scuccia is making headlines again with the release of her rendition of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" song after stunning the judges on Italy's "The Voice" with her audition of Alicia Key's "No One."

The stark contrast was that Madonna most likely wasn't referring to God when she sang the words "touched for the very first time." Scuccia claims she chose the song simply because it could be interpreted as the redemptive love of Christ.

"Reading the text, without being influenced by previous interpretations, you discover that it is a song about the power of love to renew people [and] rescue them from their past," the nun told Italian newspaper Avvenire.

"We have transformed this song from a pop-dance piece, which it was, into a romantic ballad ... something more similar to a lay prayer than a pop piece," she added.

Both videos are set in Venice, and while the nun sings in various landmarks wearing a habit and alone, Madonna is seen rolling around sensually in a gondola and gets carried away by a lion-faced man.

Release just three days ago, Scuccia's rendition "Like a Virgin" has already received over 1.5 million views on Youtube. Her self-titled album will be released worldwide and contains 10 revisited and reinterpreted tracks.

Scuccia said she did not think Madonna had heard her rendition, and said, "I'd like to see her face when they tell her it's a nun singing."

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Italy's Singing Nun Cristina Scuccia Covers Madonna's 'Like a Virgin' in Debut Single (Video)

Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values

Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.

Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values

Global Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, ‘trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time’.

Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues

2.1M Korean Christians estimated at joint worship service to affirm family, oppose gay marriage, pray for nation

Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues
American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.