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Vatican invite Susan Boyle to sing for the Pope during Scotland visit
Daily Mail ^ | April 25, 2010 | Lynn Mcpherson

Posted on 04/25/2010 12:12:33 PM PDT by NYer

SUSAN BOYLE has been chosen to sing for the Pope during his visit to Scotland later this year.

Catholic Church leaders asked the Britain's Got Talent star to perform in front of the 150,000 crowd expected to greet the Pontiff at an outdoor mass.

She will sing before the papal address and may also perform during the mass in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park.

A senior church source said: "Susan has agreed to sing and everyone is delighted. It is a done deal.

"There are still some of the finer details to be ironed out but it has been approved by the highest echelons in the Vatican.

"Susan has described it as a dream come true and it will be an extra attraction for everyone attending."

Singing sensation SuBo, 49, of Blackburn, West Lothian, shot to fame after her performances on last year's Britain's Got Talent.

But before then the shy spinster's main singing experience was at Our Lady Of Lourdes church in the town where she has worshipped since she was a child.

It is not yet known what Susan, who declined to comment yesterday, will sing at the papal visit in September.

A spokesman for the Catholic Church said: "We would be delighted if Susan Boyle was to perform on the day at Bellahouston Park. She is top of our wish list."

London-based events managers WRG have been hired to organise the details of the visit.

Yesterday, they referred all calls about SuBo to the Catholic Church.

Pope Benedict XVI will visit Edinburgh and Glasgow at the start of a four-day tour of the UK from September 16-19.

It is nearly three decades since the last papal visit to Scotland, when Pope John Paul II celebrated mass at Bellahouston Park on June 1, 1982, in front of 300,000 worshippers.

Susan has also signed a book deal to recount her extraordinary story.

Her autobiography - The Woman I Was Born To Be - will be published in the autumn.

Since her appearances on BGT, where she narrowly lost to dance act Diversity in the final, Susan has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show in the US and had a huge hit with her debut album.

I Dreamed A Dream was released last November and became the biggestselling debut album by a female vocalist and the biggest selling album of 2009.

It has sold over 10million copies.


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: boyle; catholic; pope; uk; vatican

1 posted on 04/25/2010 12:12:34 PM PDT by NYer
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To: netmilsmom; thefrankbaum; markomalley; Tax-chick; GregB; saradippity; Berlin_Freeper; Litany; ...

There was a time when Charlotte Church would have been the invitee. Alas, those days are long past. I still recall her singing “Pie Jesu”. Just beautiful.


2 posted on 04/25/2010 12:14:05 PM PDT by NYer ("Where Peter is, there is the Church." - St. Ambrose of Milan)
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To: NYer

How sweet!


3 posted on 04/25/2010 12:15:18 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Whatever happened to Ms. Church? I saw her perform once and she was amazing.


4 posted on 04/25/2010 12:15:20 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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Isn’t she a bit of a nutburger with a mouth like a sailor?


5 posted on 04/25/2010 12:19:47 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
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To: fatnotlazy; NYer

I may be wrong, but I believe she has drifted away from the Church, at least for the moment.


6 posted on 04/25/2010 12:23:15 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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There was a time when Charlotte Church would have been the invitee. Alas, those days are long past.

One shouldn't be expected to be invited to sing for the Pope after calling him a Nazi.

Susn Boyle has a lovely voice and seems the perfect choice.

7 posted on 04/25/2010 12:25:15 PM PDT by bgill (how could a young man born here in Kenya, who is not even a native American, become the POTUS)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Maybe she'll break into Barnicle Bill the Sailor.
8 posted on 04/25/2010 12:26:56 PM PDT by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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Whatever happened to Ms. Church? I saw her perform once and she was amazing.

As freeper trisham commented, she has slipped away over the past few years. At 24, she is still quite young and, with much prayer, Charlotte may yet return to her classical roots. You can learn more about her evolving career here.

9 posted on 04/25/2010 12:36:42 PM PDT by NYer ("Where Peter is, there is the Church." - St. Ambrose of Milan)
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To: NYer
where she narrowly lost to dance act Diversity in the final,

Has anyone heard of this dance act sense then?

I am sure the Pope will enjoy Miss Boyle's singing.

10 posted on 04/25/2010 12:37:14 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (I miss the competent fiscal policy and flag waving patriotism of the Carter Administration)
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Welcome Nazi moderator.

What exactly did I say offended you?

You offend me enough not to contribute this quarter.


12 posted on 04/25/2010 12:58:49 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)

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13 posted on 04/25/2010 1:02:03 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Has the vrabato been fixed? She has a good musical sense, but needs some technical work. It’s awfully nice of the Church to ask her.


14 posted on 04/25/2010 1:02:39 PM PDT by Desdemona
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Hope Susan Boyle can keep her mouth clean. The last couple of times I have seen her on the tube, she has used the Lord’s name in vain and let loose of a couple of others. She can sing...but she also has a potty mouth.


15 posted on 04/25/2010 1:10:49 PM PDT by Pure Country (“I’ve noticed that every person that is for abortion has already been born.” -Ronald Reagan)
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Thanks NYer.


16 posted on 04/25/2010 2:07:33 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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