Susan Boyle and Michelle McManus Will Sing For Pope During UK Visit

19-August-2010 -- Catholic News Agency
Glasgow, United Kingdom (CNA) -

The surprise music sensation Susan Boyle will sing for Pope Benedict XVI during his visit in September to the U.K., a spokesman for the Catholic Church in Scotland has confirmed. Boyle will be joined by music star Michelle McManus, who is already scheduled to sing before the Papal Mass in Glasgow. Boyle, a middle-aged Scottish woman who sang in her Catholic parish’s choir for decades, became a sensation after her appearance on a British talent show.
The show’s audience cheered with deep appreciation after her high-caliber rendition of the song “I Dreamed a Dream.”


Television and pop music star Michelle McManus has been scheduled to perform before the Sept. 16 Papal Mass in Glasgow during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit.
McManus will perform “Home,” a song composed by her 22-year-old cousin Michael Brady. She will also sing the popular song “From a Distance.”
McManus has dedicated part of her time to caring for handicapped children on pilgrimage to the French Marian shrine of Lourdes.