44 years after John Lennon famously declared that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus, the Vatican’s newspaper Osservatore Romano has published an article in which it discusses the pop phenomenon of the world famous British band.
According to the paper, the comment was not really that scandalous and the band’s less than examplary lifestyle is all the past.
Their music, however, lives on and the band can be forgiven due to the beautiful melodies and music which it has left the world.
As response, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has said that the Vatican had orginally labelled the Beatles ‘Satanic’ and that in any case, the Vatican really has more to talk about.
After the jump is a 1960’s news bulletin in which the infamous comment is discussed.
