{"id":723514,"date":"2010-04-26T05:31:29","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T09:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=102099"},"modified":"2010-04-26T05:31:29","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T09:31:29","slug":"susan-boyle-to-sing-for-the-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/723514","title":{"rendered":"Susan Boyle To Sing For The Pope?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Roman Catholic Church wants Scottish spinster-turned-singing sensation Susan Boyle to perform for Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Britain later this year, a spokesman for the church told <em>The Herald Sun<\/em> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.popcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Pope-Benedict-Susan-Boyle-Performance.jpg?resize=230%2C340\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pope Benedict Susan Boyle Performance\" width=\"230\" height=\"340\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-102112\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.popcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/susan-boyle-harpers-bazaar-magazine.jpg?resize=240%2C340\" alt=\"\" title=\"susan-boyle-harpers-bazaar-magazine\" width=\"240\" height=\"340\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-66498\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-102099\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the church&#8217;s Scottish diocese said that a meeting is likely to be held to discuss a performance by the 49-year-old singer.<\/p>\n<p>Boyle was catapulted to global stardom after belting out the theme to Les Miserables as a contestant on the UK TV talent show Britain&#8217;s Got Talent in 2009. Her first album, <em> I Dreamed A Dream<\/em>, was the best-selling debut in British chart history and also topped the Billboard charts in the US.<\/p>\n<p>The rep added that Boyle would be a \u2018great asset&#8221; for the events planned for The Pontiffs visit.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cShe certainly would be a great asset to the program on the day and we hope to be able to discuss the possibility of her participation soon&#8230;.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pope Benedict will be in Britain Sept. 16-19.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YAt08Yv-D3k_vhroVm3FGm2q8Ko\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YAt08Yv-D3k_vhroVm3FGm2q8Ko\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YAt08Yv-D3k_vhroVm3FGm2q8Ko\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YAt08Yv-D3k_vhroVm3FGm2q8Ko\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Roman Catholic Church wants Scottish spinster-turned-singing sensation Susan Boyle to perform for Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Britain later this year, a spokesman for the church told The Herald Sun on Sunday. A spokesperson for the church&#8217;s Scottish diocese said that a meeting is likely to be held to discuss a performance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-32dA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}