The Vatican unveils official anime girl mascot

If there is an internet rule for every character there is a religion swapped version of that character, I'd like to see Pagan/Wicca versions of them like they have moved out of the bible belt (especially Texas) and into a mostly blue state where they can preserve their freedom of religion from certain religious nutjobs.

The Catholic Church has a new mascot.

It's a small child.

Really surprising it isn't a teenage boy.

Looks kinda like that Chickpea comic.

yeah thats gonna clean up their image

Think it took 15 seconds before we had this Obvious NSFW https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=luce_(vatican)

Numbers are down, release the waifu! Common business strategy with ancient roots.

Something something "the power of god and anime on my side"

Luce? Like Lucifer? Lol.

Finally the Catholics have discovered religion!

Luce will also represent the Holy See at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.

I love this sentence so much.

This is the onion-ness we all deserve

Yeah, pedos do what pedos usually do

That priest looks stoked

Missed the chance to call her Vati-chan.

So they choose Luce, so close to Lucifer, and they expect the Internet to NOT bring it up? There's Lucy, Daughter of the Devil on Cartoon Network for shit's sake.

Nevermind the connections to Death Note, a far more popular anime about Light Yagami, and the subtle connections between his name and Lucifer the Lightbringer.

This seems so much worse on it's face, even if you leave out the undertones of children's abuse by the church and Rule 34 that will come out (which are worse, but the church keeps trying to bury it)

Lmfao anyone see the movie Dogma, this is modern day Buddy Christ! 😂

Because an official anime boy mascot would be too apropos?

All I hear is, the Vatican is after the young crowd. Imagine that....

Are they running so low on young people to molest they've resulted to youthful dolls?

How is this NOT the onion...

Child Rape, Incorporated really shouldn't, they really really shouldn't, they really really really just should not

No way they're going to regret that decision....

Her name is Light? Like the guy from Death Note?

Target demographic: lolicons

that's adorable. I like the frog looking one, as my name implies.

Thank god they didn't go furry with any of their characters.

Hmmm.

Are they ignorant to the "art" that will be created inspired by this, or was that their intention?

So is it blessed anime, or holy anime?

"Ara Ara! Popu-Sensei is so kawaii!" /s Too bad there are so many cases where Catholic anime turns into the darkest type of hentai.

Don't let this distract you from the fact that the Pope still doesn't have a moe moe

I hope this goes the same way as the Tony T Tiger VTuber career

Yuru-kyara but for the pope?

Coraline?

For young people? What? That doggo there has me rediscovering my faith