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.

Many victims of clergy abuse were children, so introducing a mascot aimed ... Despite other news, it seems like the Pope and other Vatican officials wanted to hop on the anime hype train ...

The Vatican has unveiled the official mascot ... new followers. The biggest dissenters seem to be RadTrads (internet slang for hyper-traditional Catholics), critics of Catholicism, and niche anime ...

Wanted by Pope Francis himself, the 2025 edition came with an unexpected partner: kawaii culture. Its official mascot is Luce, an anime-style character in a yellow sailor’s raincoat – a nod to ...

The Vatican's introduction of Luce, its mascot for the 2025 Jubilee Year, led to a flood of fan art commemorating the cute ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — When Jason Whitehead first saw the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee mascot, Luce, it “was a bit of a surprise,” he said. The anime-style ... is brand-new for the Vatican ...

The Vatican has an anime girl mascot. Revealed yesterday, as reported by Catholic News Agency, Luce is a girl that wears a yellow raincoat, and has big ole blue eyes you see in anime everywhere ...

Designed by Simone Legno, founder of Japanese-inspired lifestyle brand tokidoki in Italy, Luce has been compared to an anime ... News Agency said. Archbishop Rino Fisichella with the mascot ...

The Vatican has the power of anime and God on its side, as it has unveiled Luce, its tokidoki designed mascot for the Holy Year 2025. According to Archbishop Fisichella, this is the Church’s ...

In what almost feels like a parody of the Kevin Smith film Dogma, the Catholic Church recently revealed a new mascot character for the upcoming Jubilee 2025 event at Vatican City and Expo 2025 at ...

The Vatican has debuted a new anime-style mascot for children ahead of its Jubilee 2025 celebrations. Wide-eyed Luce, whose name is the Latin word for “light,” wears a yellow hooded raincoat ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Vatican revealed its new mascot for Holy Year 2025, Luce, inspired by pop culture, specifically anime. The Pro-prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Evangelization ...