Boyle may perform at Scottish papal mass
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June 11, 2010, Friday
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SINGING sensation Susan Boyle is expected to perform for Pope Benedict during his visit to Britain, the Scottish church said yesterday.
The Scottish spinster sprang to prominence last year after winning a standing ovation on the "Britain's Got Talent" contest and her performance became an overnight Internet hit.
Tens of millions logged on to YouTube to hear her belt out "I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Miserables," and since then she has gone on to top charts around the world.
Now the 49-year-old former church worker, who once joked she had never been kissed, is in talks with the Roman Catholic Church to perform at a public mass to be held in Glasgow during the Pope's September visit.
"Negotiations are still under way but we expect Susan Boyle to perform as part of the Papal Mass at Bellahouston Park," said a spokesman for the Bishops' Conference of Scotland.
Boyle, who used to sing in her church choir, is the antithesis of the modern celebrity with her dowdy appearance and advancing years.
The Pope's four-day trip, from September 16 to 19, will be the first papal visit since Pope John Paul II's pastoral visit in 1982 and the first papal state visit to Britain.
Benedict will perform the beatification, a step on the path to sainthood, of 19th century theologian Cardinal John Henry Newman at a public mass in Coventry.
But the visit has proved controversial, with various campaigners planning demonstrations, including British author Richard Dawkins who has said he will try to have the Pope arrested to face questions over the Catholic church's child abuse scandal.
The Scottish spinster sprang to prominence last year after winning a standing ovation on the "Britain's Got Talent" contest and her performance became an overnight Internet hit.
Tens of millions logged on to YouTube to hear her belt out "I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Miserables," and since then she has gone on to top charts around the world.
Now the 49-year-old former church worker, who once joked she had never been kissed, is in talks with the Roman Catholic Church to perform at a public mass to be held in Glasgow during the Pope's September visit.
"Negotiations are still under way but we expect Susan Boyle to perform as part of the Papal Mass at Bellahouston Park," said a spokesman for the Bishops' Conference of Scotland.
Boyle, who used to sing in her church choir, is the antithesis of the modern celebrity with her dowdy appearance and advancing years.
The Pope's four-day trip, from September 16 to 19, will be the first papal visit since Pope John Paul II's pastoral visit in 1982 and the first papal state visit to Britain.
Benedict will perform the beatification, a step on the path to sainthood, of 19th century theologian Cardinal John Henry Newman at a public mass in Coventry.
But the visit has proved controversial, with various campaigners planning demonstrations, including British author Richard Dawkins who has said he will try to have the Pope arrested to face questions over the Catholic church's child abuse scandal.
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