"It seems unlikely that the Pope, known for his love of Mozart and who once described rock music as the work of the Devil, enjoys Carlos Santana’s Black Magic Woman or Oasis’s Wonderwall on an iPod in the privacy of his study. Yesterday, however, the Vatican gave its imprimatur not only to Santana and Oasis, but also to the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, U2, Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac in a list of approved pop albums published in L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper. Last year the Vatican advised the faithful which films to watch, finding merit even in Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. This year, because Europe faced a season of mediocre songs at music festivals, the newspaper explained, it was time to recommend an antidote in the form of classic pop milestones." read the rest of the article here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7026960.ece This rather surprised me today.
Religion & Spirituality - 6 Answers
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groovy, man. real groovey
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The Vatican has gone the way of Pat Robertson. When you run out of meaningful things to say, you do and say weird things to get media attention. As if anyone cares what the Vatican thinks on music, anyway.
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I make a point of not caring about the Vatican's opinion on anything. I see no reason to make an exception for music.
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Vatican is a slop
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The Pope is a cool dude.
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Read the entire message from the Vatican about all these modern literature's, music, and cultural mediums. Catholicism began our current advanced university system of Western Civilization. Socrate, Plato, Aristotle, to name a few are read and contemplated by Catholics worldwide. Ideas do not frighten Catholic faithful as long as all ideas are measured with the teachings of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are the original followers of our Christ Jesus.
