Kelly Clarkson Sings “Ave Maria” For the Pope

i love kelly but this was awful. why would you take such a beautiful song & make it pop, especailly when singing for the pope. i have been going to church ever since i can remember & have never heard a version of ave maria i didn’t like until now. it is sad that people who volunteer to sing in a church group can sing the song better than the individual chosen to sing it for the pope. i couldn’t understand anything but the ave maria. also, she was not dressed properly. the length of her dress was fine but her shoulders should have been covered & she should not have displayed cleavage. it is just proper & respectful. i love kelly & was so excited to hear her sing. i think she could have pulled it off if she chose to sing it differently - but we all know she doesn’t take advice well. too bad as she has an amazing voice & this could have been much better.

To Whatever: No the Pope probably wasn’t thinking about her dress when she was singing . For virutally any other occasion that dress would be totally appropriate. It was sexy w/o being sleezy & was below the knee. However, you are supposed to be covered up when meeting the pope - no bare shoulders. It is just proper etiquette - regardless if you are Catholic. She had to know that & if she didn’t want to follow what is respectful she shouldn’t have accepted the honor to sing for him. With every head of state or member of royalty there are just certain things you do/rules to follow out of respect - plain & simple.

Oh, man- I have multiple problems with this:

1) Ave Maria should not be “belted”. But that was what she was doing.
2) Ave Maria loses its charm in translation. The English bits souded horrible.
3) She can’t pronounce Latin. Has she not heard any other version of this song? How do you not get it right?!
4) It is not a pop song. It has beauty in simplicity. Much prefer Andrea Bocelli’s version

But I must say that I usually love Kelly Clarkson. Moral of the story- stick to mainstream music and English.

Why show so much cleavage when you’re singing for the Pope??
Where’s the modesty??

Thankfully the naysayers are few…this was a beautiful performance, and clearly the Pope and audience agreed. The choice of Kelly was appropriate for a youthful rally. Her rendition was fresh and modern but still respectful. A stuffy, operatic rendition of this song would not have worked. Emily Rossum’s voice, while pretty, is too thin. Celine’s version is too slow and sounds nasally. Whitney Houston? Please. When’s the last time she sang in public. Her voice is shot from her crack habit. Kelly gave a special performance for a special occasion.

Hee Hee. #34, let me clarify - pre-Bobby Brown/crack/kiss-my-@ss Whitney. Someone like that.

well I think the young people that were there and miliion of them around the world liked this version like the pope did, cause if you dont know this version kelly chose because the pope likes it, and kelly was asked to sing for the pope and she said yes of course.

the dress, what about it, she was dressed and not naked.

For her shape, I think catholic people dont do discrimination about anything.

her style is the most versatil in the industry and the world.

people said that they didnt know about her nowdays, well she was in a world tour and came back in april 17th to USA for this event and more news, cause if you dont know kelly has a career out of USA. not just in it.

and if she sings in front of the pope is becasue when the pope visits a country, the country does several event for him and one of those events is to ask and invite reconized artist of the country to perfom in front of him, and that was what kelly was asked.

And about her voice: I think she is the one to be perfoming Ave Maria and this version most of all because the pope liked this version and because young preople was involved here more than ever. kelly was the right choice and her voice AMAZING, clear, fresh and youth

I hope people who are angry with this perfomance dont be because they are fans of other singer, I hope.

because even in television, in my local channel( I am from southamercia) say that this was an amazing perfomance, from a young artist to a million young people.

by the way, she was amazing, her voice is there!!! clear and fresh.

Whitney can still sing circles around anyone. By the way Whitney’s new cd drops in November. She is performing at the Jazz festival in Tobago, Charity concert in London in May, and is in the studio right now. Don’t sleep on my girl. Kelly is fabulous and that is all. Smooches to the LEGENDARY MS. HOUSTON.

mar: I agree with you on everything. I’m from southamerica too and i’m a BIG KELLY FAN. I loved this performance, she was absolutly amazing. She was asked a couple of days ago to sing this version of the song because it’s the one that the pope likes. She didn’t sing it her way, she was really nervous about doing this version, but in my opinion this was one of the best performances of her career.

everyone always criticizes her for one reason or another

this is DEFF not pop
and she most certainly lost weight

i loved it!
her voice is absolutely amazing

and watevssss, her dress is fine

reading other comments, i forgot yeah this was for a YOUTH RALLY maybe they would’ve had some opera singer if it were for senior citizens

the audience and pope seemed to LOVE it, so that’s greeeeeeat

She was amazing!
That rendition of Ave Maria puts any of her fellow contemporary pop stars to shame. Bravo Kelly!