Bishop Antonio Staglianò, president of the Pontifical Academy of Theology, has described John Lennon’s 1971 song “Imagine” – which calls for a world with “no heaven” and “no religion too” – as the “most beautiful song in the world” endorsing its vision of abolishing any religion, God or heaven for which one “must kill or die” in a video posted on May 18.
The remarks, made in an Instagram post that subsequently went viral, have prompted widespread concern among Catholics after LifeSiteNews and the journalist Gaetano Masciullo first reported the story in detail.
