According to his ex-girlfriend, Linda Thompson, Elvis Presley had a surprisingly open-minded spiritual view of the afterlife.

"Elvis has left the building!" sums up Presley's status as a force of nature, but the phrase has taken on a life of its own in the 40 years since he left the building for good From music to movies ...

The Catholic Church takes up the criticism in its weekly organ in a piece headlined "Beware Elvis ... by Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, in order to provoke publicity. Presley's music ...