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Evviva Il Papa
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Wikipedia article
"'Evviva Il Papa'" is a 1969 protest song by Belgian singer Hugo Raspoet, which caused controversy and a media ban for criticizing the Pope and the Vatican. Alongside "Helena" it is Raspoet's second most famous song.
Lyrics
In 1969, Raspoet wrote the song "Evviva Il Papa", which criticized the Pope's conservative ideology, papal infallibility, corruption, ban on anticonception and Pius XII's alleged silence during World War II, when the Nazis prosecuted Jewish people.
Controversy
The song was banned from radio and TV airplay and Raspoet was often forbidden to perform it on stage. When he ignored the ban and tried to perform it one time in Borgerhout the police forced him to leave the stage. Johan Anthierens, who had a radio show about chanson, protested the ban by not playing the record on the air, but reading its lyrics to the listeners. He was still fired nevertheless.
References
Category:Belgian folk songs
Category:Belgian pop songs
Category:1969 songs
Category:Protest songs
Category:Songs about popes
Category:Songs critical of religion
Category:Religious controversies in music
Category:Controversies in Belgium
Category:Dutch-language Belgian songs
Category:Criticism of the Catholic Church
Category:Cultural depictions of Pope Pius XII
Category:Censorship in Belgium
Category:Censorship of music
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