The Houston Chronicle
October 11, 1992, Sunday, 2 STAR Edition

Sinead O'Connor's boldness earns praise

JOHN O'NEILL

   Singer Sinead O'Connor should be congratulated for her bold
expression of her most excellent and accurate perception of the
truth on ""Saturday Night Live. ''
 (O'Connor tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II after
performing on the show Oct. 3.)

   The last words of the song she sang were:

   ""We have confidence in the victory of good over evil. ''

   At the conclusion of the song, she boldly said, ""fight the
real enemy,'' referring of course, to the pope.

   It's too bad that there are so many who were so quick to
criticize her.

   It seems extremely unlikely that any healthy person who has
read an accurate account of the Crusades, the beginning of the
Roman Catholic Church or of Christianity's effect on humanity,
would be able to do anything short of praise O'Connor for her
boldness.

   I think that Sinead did us all a favor.