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Good news: the Pope (Benedict, that is) has forgiven John Lennon for saying he was bigger than Jesus! It seems like a strange thing to do, given that Lennon wasn’t Catholic and it didn’t seem like Yoko was exactly begging for forgiveness, but I guess when you’re God’s representative on Earth, everything is your responsibility, huh? Anyway, if it took Lennon 42 years to be forgiven, I guess Andres Serrano should look for a letter on Vatican stationery around about 2031. [NME]

 
By Mike Barthel on Mon Nov 24 2008
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  1. Chris Molanphy  |   Posted on Nov 24th, 2008

    But has His Holiness forgiven Nasty for saying the Rutles were bigger than Rod Stewart?

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