You are guessing wrong. 

Bowie was a very well read man. I also remember the priests at our junior seminary labelling him a pervert and a deviant and banning his albums. Bowie went on to embrace spirituality and by all accounts died a very courageous death. Three of the priests who so maligned him went on to be imprisoned for their perverted behaviour towards us prepubescent boys. I'm very glad I decided to stay with the thin white duke and broaden my mind and thinking.

These "pop stars" went on to draw the world's attention to apartheid in South Africa (Peter Gabriel), the depletion of the Amazon rain forest, General Pinochet's murderous regime (Sting) and the obscenity of nuclear weapons and America's involvement in supporting the oppression of Latin America's Catholic poor (U2). Paul McCartney also supported the civil rights movement in the US with songs like 'Blackbird.'

During all of this time Ratzinger and JP II remained silent and spent their time covering up child abuse.