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\"6a00d83451b05569e20120a5afe6ae970c-450wi.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>I’s impossible to know if The Man in White listens to the White Album, but someone at the Vatican clearly loves the Fab Four:<\/a> <\/p>\n

\nThe Vatican has finally made peace with the Beatles, saying their drug use, “dissolute” lives and even the claim that the band was bigger than Jesus are all in the past — while their music lives on.<\/p>\n

Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano paid tribute to the Fab Four in its weekend editions, with two articles and a front-page cartoon reproducing the crosswalk immortalized on the cover of the band’s album “Abbey Road.”<\/p>\n

The tribute marked the 40th anniversary of the band’s breakup.<\/p>\n

“It’s true, they took drugs; swept up by their success, they lived dissolute and uninhibited lives,” said the paper. “They even said they were more famous than Jesus,” it said, recalling John Lennon’s 1966 comment that outraged many Catholics and others.<\/p>\n

“But, listening to their songs, all of this seems distant and meaningless,” L’Osservatore said. “Their beautiful melodies, which changed forever pop music and still give us emotions, live on like precious jewels.”<\/p>\n

It is not the first time the Vatican has praised the legendary band from Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, Vatican media hailed the Beatles’ musical legacy on the 40th anniversary of the “White Album.” And last month the Vatican paper included “Revolver” in its semiserious list of top-10 albums.<\/p>\n

Now, L’Osservatore says that the Beatles’ songs have stood the test of time, and that the band remains “the longest-lasting, most consistent and representative phenomenon in the history of pop music.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’s impossible to know if The Man in White listens to the White Album, but someone at the Vatican clearly loves the Fab Four: The Vatican has finally made peace with the Beatles, saying their drug use, “dissolute” lives and even the claim that the band was bigger than Jesus are all in the past…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-r-us"],"yoast_head":"\nVatican on Beatles: Let's let it be - The Deacon's Bench<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/04\/vatican-on-beatles-lets-let-it-be.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vatican on Beatles: Let's let it be - 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