Monday, November 24, 2008

Faithless

The Vatican has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus.
Lennon made the notorious remark to a London newspaper in 1966.
The claim angered Christians worldwide and led to Beatles' albums being burnt in huge pyres.
But in an article for the Vatican newspaper, the Catholic Church said the remark was a "boast" from a band at the height of their success.
"The remark by John Lennon, which triggered deep indignation mainly in the United States, after many years sounds only like a 'boast' by a young working-class Englishman faced with unexpected success, after growing up in the legend of Elvis and rock and roll," Vatican daily Osservatore Romano said.
The article, marking the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' The White Album, went on to praise the pop band.
"The fact remains that 38 years after breaking up, the songs of the Lennon-McCartney brand have shown an extraordinary resistance to the passage of time, becoming a source of inspiration for more than one generation of pop musicians," it said.

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