Ringo Starr brushes off Vatican’s step to forgive The Beatles
April 14th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANINew York, April 14 (ANI): Ringo Starr is responding to the Vatican’s olive branch with a pointed wisecrack.
In 1966, John Lennon sardonically remarked that the Beatles had become more popular than Jesus Christ Himself.
The drummer wipes off Catholic Church, which attempted to praise the Fab Four and forgive singer John Lennon’s boast that his famed band was “more popular than Jesus.”
“Didn’t the Vatican say we were satanic? The New York Daily quoted Starr saying during an interview with CNN. And they still forgive us?
“I think [the Vatican] has more to talk about than The Beatles,” he added, alluding to the child sex abuse scandal that continues to plague the church.”
The Vatican’s official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, announced that forgiveness has been granted at last. Stating the Beatles’ music as “beautiful.”
“It’s true they took drugs, lived life to excess because of their success, even said they were bigger than Jesus and put out mysterious messages that were possibly even satanic,” the newspaper said.
But, “what would pop music have been like without The Beatles?” it reasoned. (ANI)
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