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Upon This Rock & Roll: The Vatican's Top 10 Albums
By David Gibson - Politics DailyJust last month we explored the new approach that the Vatican's once-stodgy daily newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has taken in covering pop culture -- a shift that has left more than a few eyebrows raised and lips pursed, especially among the more tradition-minded. Well, now the pope's newspaper has really stirred up the waters, and not just among old fogies, by publishing a "semi-serious guide" to the 10 best rock albums of all time. Drum roll please: The Top 10 albums are, in no particular order: The Beatles' "Revolver" Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" Oasis' "(What's the Story) ...
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By David Gibson - Politics DailyIf The New York Times was known as "the Gray Lady" of journalism for its staid appearance, then L'Osservatore Romano could justifiably have been called "The Dowager Queen." The semi-official newspaper of the Vatican was so dedicated to reprinting papal speeches, in black and white across huge broadsheet pages, and so diligent in its adherence to the Vatican's party line in its articles, that most people just referred to L'Osservatore as the Pravda of the Catholic Church -- a disparaging comparison to the old Kremlin mouthpiece. Still, times change. Pravda is a tabloid, the NYT prints in ...
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