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 The Vatican Now Officially Approves of the BeatlesPosted on Apr 12, 2010
The Vatican continues to be rocked by a wide-ranging sex abuse scandal, and the pressure it’s under could have something to do with its newly revised opinion of The Beatles. Although the Holy See’s official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, pointed to the potentially Satanic content of the Brit band’s music, as well as the group’s bigger-than-Jesus grandstanding, the paper ultimately gave the Beatles its blessing. —KA Update: Surviving Beatle Ringo Starr wasn’t exactly jumping up and down about the Vatican’s change of heart, judging by his reaction in this interview.
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By alyceobvious, April 15, 2010 at 2:08 pm Link to this comment
it took them hundreds of years longer to forgive galileo. i suppose they figure pardoning the beatles is worth at least a few hail mary’s?
for some casual, non-denominational banter on the subject of the holy see’s current predicament, please come join us over at “the pope is toast” group on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/the-pope-is-toast/107399865961060?ref=ts
Report thisBy Maani, April 14, 2010 at 9:31 pm Link to this comment
Michael: ROFLMAO!!
Jimnp72: “Did Jesus wear fancy robes and headgear?”
Not only did He NOT do so, but He did not even SUGGEST (much less demand) the creation of an organized, hierarchical “religion” built around Him, much less all the “trappings” of that religion (costumes, rituals, even “physical” churches).
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Ringo is right to react with mocking humor. One can only…imagine what Lennon would say!!
Report thisBy omygodnotagain, April 14, 2010 at 2:39 pm Link to this comment
odeilehanne
Report thisgood point but these Priest child abuse cases happened years ago, they are happening now in schools, detention centers and can be stopped. You cannot change the past
By ofersince72, April 14, 2010 at 1:24 pm Link to this comment
“All We Are Saying, is Give PEACE A CHANCE” !!!!
Report thisBy melpol, April 14, 2010 at 7:00 am Link to this comment
Effeminate altar boys who can be substituted for girls are often sodomized by
Report thisheterosexual priests who find it difficult to form a secretive relationship with an
adult female. Effeminate boys mixed in with an adult prison population would
also be abused. The French Foreign Legion was famous for sexually abusing their
water boys. It is true that a few homosexuals priests share the guilt, but most
have enough sexual contact with adults.
By Sandra, April 14, 2010 at 4:50 am Link to this comment
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Personally, I think the Beatles taught us more important things like “Give Peace a Chance”, “Imagine” (John), etc. than what the Vatican represents: murders of millions of people to FORCE them to LOVE Jesus! Think about it…is that the kind of organization you want to be affiliated with? How ironic the Vatican “approves” of the Beatles. The murderer approves of the dove, as if the dove needs the murderer’s approval…
Report thisBy melvin polatnick, April 14, 2010 at 4:06 am Link to this comment
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Effeminate altar boys who can be substituted for girls are often sodomized by heterosexual priests who find it difficult to form a secretive relationship with an adult female. Effeminate boys mixed in with an adult prison population would also be abused. The French Foreign Legion was famous for sexually abusing their water boys. It is true that a few homosexuals priests share the guilt, but most have enough sexual contact with adults.
Report thisBy Jimnp72, April 13, 2010 at 6:40 pm Link to this comment
I find it irritating that they feel the need to wear such fancy and elaborate
Report thiscostumes. The pope looks ancient as hell and burdened down considerably by his.
Did Jesus wear fancy robes and headgear?
Does this add their credibility or holiness somehow?
Not.
By omygodnotagain, April 13, 2010 at 4:50 pm Link to this comment
The child abuse scandal has been blown up by the media in Anglo countries (it doesn’t play in the Spanish media). If they were really interested in child abuse they would be looking at Public School where gangs molest girls and teachers cower in fear, and juvenile detention centers where teenage girls are serially raped. Maybe the Vatican newspaper is sending a message of Help the real victims who were abused as you read this
Report thisBy Michael, April 12, 2010 at 9:00 pm Link to this comment
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The Beatles are still Relevant, the Catholic church…..... not so much!
Report thisBy Shaun G, April 12, 2010 at 3:28 pm Link to this comment
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Every couple of months, you’ll see a headline like “Vatican says ‘The Simpsons’ are okely dokely” or “Vatican makes peace with Beatles after 40 years” (the latter was published today).
Now, you may be wondering, with all of the much more important things the Vatican has got going on nowadays, what is it doing making pronouncements about “The Simpsons” or The Beatles?
Well, it’s not.
Rather, it’s L’Osservatore Romano, a newspaper that is published by the Vatican, but does not necessarily represent the Vatican in any official capacity.
To quote the folks at GetReligion.org (http://www.getreligion.org/?p=20503) ...
“All together now, religion-beat pros (and fans), let’s chant this together: L’Osservatore Romano does not equal the Vatican.”
When people read “The Vatican” in a headline, they think that it is Pope Benedict or some other Church official who is making the pronouncement.
But L’Osservatore Romano is simply the Vatican’s version of a diocesan newspaper.
For any news report to equate L’Osservatore Romano with “the Vatican” is absolutely misleading.
(That said, I really hope that the Vatican tells L’Osservatore Romano to knock it off with the cutesy pop culture articles. Clearly, they should know by now that whatever they write is going to be reported as if it came out of the mouth of Pope Benedict himself.)
Report thisBy diman, April 12, 2010 at 3:14 pm Link to this comment
Are they out of their fucking minds out there in Vatican? I mean really, amidst the shitstorm, this is what really important now? Don’t think The Beatles would give a shit anyway.
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