ALBAWABA - The Vatican Catholic Church recently made headlines and went viral across social media after unveiling its very first coat-wearing anime mascot, Luce! 'Luce' is Italian for 'Light' in ...

The mascot has gone viral online since its unveiling ... Simon Chair in Catholic Studies, wrote in December. The Catholic Church is not using Luce just for the Holy Year, Whitehead said, but ...

The Catholic Church is preparing to celebrate what it refers to as a "Jubilee" year in 2025. And as a part of its preparations, the Vatican has rolled out a brand new anime-inspired mascot ...

As it turns out, anime is also in the Catholic Church as The Vatican just learned on the medium to create a new mascot. Yes, you read that right. The Vatican has its own anime alter ego.

Ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, the Vatican has launched a cartoon mascot unveiled Monday as the cheerful face of the Catholic Church’s upcoming holy year. The mascot, named Luce — which means ...

universal Church. It seemed kind of disconnected to me.” On Oct. 28, he wrote on X: “Catholicism doesn’t need a ‘mascot,’ we have a Cross.” It was the overwhelming audience reaction to ...

Last week, the church announced that it had developed an anime cartoon, Luce, who will serve as the Vatican’s mascot for this year’s Jubilee festival—a special celebration, held infrequently ...

The mascot is the creation of Italian artist Simone ... Other online commentators praised the Catholic Church’s ability to stay relevant through the medium of art across the centuries.

Designed by Simone Legno, the mascot with big blue eyes and blue hair ... much physical hardship as well as devotion. In the church of Santa Prassede, Rome, Giovanni de Montpoli, who describes ...