Britney, Celine Record with Pope

By Stephen M. Silverman

09/02/1998 at 12:00 AM EDT

The Pope is teaming with Britney Spears, *NSYNC and Celine Dion. They won't be playing Madison Square Garden together any time soon, but the pop stars will be reciting the pontiff's prayers on a new CD, along with Faith Hill and hubby Tim McGraw, Monica, 98 Degrees, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brooke Shields and others. "World Voice 2000," the recitations of personally authored prayers by Pope John Paul II, will be released by Columbia Records in September. The CD's producer, Rick Garson, told USA Today that the package will also feature a "making of" video and a coffee-table book. Amen.