In 1992, Sinead O'Connor tore a picture of Pope John Paul II in half during a performance on SNL in protest against generations of abuse toward children within the Catholic church.

Bless you, Sinead.

Welcome to Heaven.

@godpod Dear God, I want to hear people say today what I knew when watching this, more than 30 years ago: SHE WAS RIGHT. #rip #SinéadWasRight #SinéadOConnor #sineadoconnor #sinead
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Wow. I just checked. RIP

@godpod … alhamdulillah! 🙏 ( “Thank You to God!” ) 😇 for welcoming her.

most of her life objecting to criminally abusive 💩 from the Vatican, etc. … I am not at all surprised she made friends with people who are just as religious as her, and equally dislike the Vatican. Honestly, super happy that she found peace somewhere. 💜

@godpod … She did an interesting track, featuring reference to God. You probably like it! Just gonna leave this here for anyone that missed it. 💜

“Sinéad - All Babies” https://youtu.be/nqkUbunBLVc

All Babies

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She was ahead of her time.
@godpod that was such a big deal at the time! my older sister was SUPER into her for a while. she even shaved her head once ha! what a powerful impact she had on so many, she was very headstrong :)
@godpod @inthehands In retrospect, she was right, and the Pope and his lackeys were wrong.
@zakyfarms @godpod SNL doesn't seem to have an official upload, but gets Sinnead O'Conner's performance. https://youtu.be/X0VpfiMcPPA
Fight the REAL Enemy! Bob:Marley's 'War' performed by Sinéad o'Connor!

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@godpod amen is right she is a Saint
@godpod this brought tears to my eyes ♥️
@godpod Speaking of "heaven," I know about the 72 virgins, but what does Islam purport about women's afterlife?
@BlueintheSouth @godpod Nothing definitive about women: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_death?wprov=sfti1 But the last photos I saw of Sinead she wasn’t veiled nor wearing confining clothing. Given the types of mental illness she had, she was jumping from religion to religion believing that would make her feel balanced. It usually doesn’t work.
Islamic view of death - Wikipedia

@godpod You won't bump into the Pope there.
@godpod sorry, not catholic,…,she had a beautiful voice,…,but not a saint.

@godpod Hitchens was right when he said it all those years ago, and he's still right

#ReligionPoisonsEverything

@godpod it cost her her career and no one apologized when they learned that she Das right
@godpod And the week after on #SNL #JoePesci turned her into a punchline. Shows how necessary her gesture was.