More popular than Jesus John Lennon's comments. The 1966 "L'Osservatore Romano" article noted that Lennon had apologised for his comments and that fellow Beatle Paul McCartney had criticized them." In 2010, Starr said that he had now found religion, adding, "For me, God is in my life ... I think the search has been on since the 1960s." In 2012, the "Houston Press" music blog compared several aspects of popular media and concluded that Jesus is more popular than the Beatles. In 2015, "The Philippine Star" said that almost half a century later, Lennon's statement proved half-wrong, reporting that "rock 'n roll is dead
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