Vatican newspaper praises the Beatles, forgives John Lennon!!!

The Vatican's newspaper, Osservatore Romano, has come out lauding the Beatles while forgiving a remark by John Lennon declaring the Fab Four more famous than Jesus Christ.

The article, published this weekend, commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' White Album. It also references a major controversy that blew up in the Beatles' faces.

Back in 1966, the Evening Standard in England published an interview with Lennon in which he was quoted as saying:

"Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that. I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now. I don't know which will go first — rock 'n' roll or Christianity." More...

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