A cikin wata sanarwa da ta fito daga babban jaridar The Vatican, L'Osservatore Romano, an samu labarin kwanaki biyu da suka gabata wanda tsohon.bugun zuciya domin ya bayar, in 1966, maganar da kungiyarsa ke cewa "ya shahara fiye da Yesu da kansa".
"Kiristanci zai shuɗe… zai ƙara ƙarami kuma ya shuɗe. Ba na ma bukatar tattaunawa da shi. Ni gaskiya ne kuma lokaci zai tabbatar da ni daidai.
Mun fi Yesu shahara a yanzu. Ban san wanda zai fara mutuwa ba: rock and roll ko Kiristanci. Yesu abin koyi ne amma almajiransa ƙazanta ne kuma talakawa ne ... daidai suke waɗanda suke karkatar da komai, waɗanda suke lalata mini shi.", in ji Lennon baya sannan.
A gefe guda kuma, labarin da ake tambaya yana fayyace:
"Kalaman sun kasance don tallata kansa, wanda wani matashin mawaƙin Ingilishi na ƙungiyar ma'aikata ya gabatar da shi, wanda ya girma a zamanin Elvis Presley da rock and roll kuma ba zato ba tsammani, ya sami nasara mai ban mamaki.".
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