The Vatican has released a statement that they have made peace with The Beatles. The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano had this to say in a giant two page article on the band:

"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.

"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."

OH THANK GOD! I am so glad the Catholic Church has taken the time out of their shuffling of pedophile priests to remote locales to issue a statement about The Beatles. I think there are bigger issues for the Catholic Church than what The Beatles did 50 years ago.

This is a classic tactic...don't look over here (pedophile cases), look at this shiny blue ball (we forgive The Beatles). But my mind started wandering to what Beatles songs would be listened and enjoyed by Catholic priests. I came up with a few:

I Want to Hold Your Gland
While My Choir Boy Gently Weeps
Fixing a Boy's Hole
When I'm 64 (And You're 12)
Here Comes the Son
Sgt Pooper's Lonely Ass Club
Come Together

The only thing that can save the Catholic Church is Doyle and Danzig from The Misfits.