The Vatican and the Beatles

It was nice to see the Vatican recognize the quality of the Beatles' "beautiful melodies, which changed forever pop music and . . . live on like precious jewels." Tribune, April 3, 2010. The stodgy old Vatican praising the Beatles? That's news! Still, it's nice to have an authority as weighty as the Vatican confirm the judgment of so many of us over the years. And that it took 40 years to come is also not so bad -- a "considered" opinion is always best . . . Try to see it my way!