Charlotte Church

Originally posted - Saturday, March 24, 2007

I heard Glenn Beck mention something about Charlotte Church, but I decided to check it out first to make sure it was correct. It was exactly what he said. Still have one of her cd's? It may be in the trash by the time you finish reading this: I took this article from another blogger whose trackback url is at the bottom.

What the Heck Happened to Charlotte Church?
Remember sweet little Charlotte Church? She was the very young teenaged Welsh classical singer who stunned the world with her mature operatic voice in the late 90's. Her sweet little innocent face graced the cover of her albums, like 'Voice of An Angel'. She's been quiet for a few years and in 2005 she came out with her first pop album, 'Tissues & Issues'.
Sweet little Charlotte Church isn't quite so sweet anymore. She's following in the footsteps of Madonna, both former Catholics mocking the Pope and Catholic Church. Ignatius Press, arguably the largest Catholic publishing company in the U.S, is refusing to sell any of Church's music.

Here's what she did:
In the pilot of her new talk show, "The All New Charlotte Church Show", Charlotte Church dressed as a nun and pretended to "hallucinate while eating communion wafers imprinted with smiling faces signifying the drug Ecstasy." She called the German-born Pope Benedict XVI a Nazi and mocked the Catholic Church. She smashed open a statue of the Virgin Mary to reveal a can of hard cider inside, said she worshipped "St. Fortified Wine," and stuck chewing gum on a statue of the child Jesus.

Pope Benedict, the son of a German policeman opposed to Nazism, was forced into the Hitler Youth movement as a child, but quit the group not long after initiation. The infamous English gossip paper 'The Sun' claims Church's show is a "super blooper".
Ignatius Press made this statement:

"It is with regret that we do this. Miss Church possesses a great gift from God, and in the past she has used her talents to offer praise and glory to our Lord.
"But we cannot stand by a young woman who uses her stature in the media to mock the Eucharist, slander the Holy Father, and denigrate the vows of religious women.
"Therefore, our catalogues and website will immediately withdraw all compact discs, cassette tapes, DVDs and VHS tapes that feature Miss Church. Please join us in praying for this troubled young woman."

Church, 20, was raised a Catholic and sang for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican at the age of 12. Now she's posed nude in several publications and is dissing the Catholic Church. Poor thing.

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