In 1992, Sinead O’Connor appeared on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. During her performance of Bob Marley’s ‘War’ a cappella, she held up a picture of then-Pope John Paul II, loudly and defiantly proclaimed ‘Fight the real enemy,’ and shredded the picture, leaving the audience stunned. The singer was protesting against the widespread cover-up of child sexual abuse within the Catholic church.
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