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who tore up a picture of the pope on snl
Sinéad O’Connor tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II on SNL
what did sinead o'connor sing on snl
Sinéad O’Connor surprised the SNL staff when she opted to sing an acapella version of the Bob Marley song War instead of a song from her recent album.
what did the lyrics of the song war say when sinead o'connor sang it on snl
Sinéad O’Connor sang War, which decries “ignoble and unhappy regimes” that hold people in “sub-human bondage,” changing some of the lyrics to specifically mention child abuse.
did the snl audience undestand why sinead o'connor tore up the picture of pope john paul II
It would be years before most Americans would grasp the extent of child abuse in the Irish Catholic Church and connected institutions, a topic all too personal to Sinead O’Connor.

Question: how long did it take for the pope to acknowledge child abuse in the church
Self-contained rewrite: how long after sinead o'connor's snl incident did the pope aknowledge child abuse in the catholic church