Posts Tagged ‘2025 Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee’

The Vatican’s new ‘pop culture’ anime mascot raises eyebrows

Monday, November 4th, 2024

We’ve seen plenty of brand mascots over the years, but the Vatican unveiling an anime-style cartoon design wasn’t on our bingo card for 2024. Archbishop Rino Fisichella has revealed ‘Luce’, a new friendly face for the Catholic Church’s jubilee next year. With electric blue hair and a bright yellow coat, Luce (Italian for ‘light’) looks Read more

Lenten prayer campaign attracts over a million people

Thursday, February 29th, 2024
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A Catholic archdiocese’s Lenten prayer campaign has succeeded so far in attracting over 1.5 million people. Launched on Facebook and other social media on Ash Wednesday, the Archdiocese of Southwark has been uploading videos of Catholic prayers each day during Lent. The Lenten prayer campaign aims to encourage people to connect with Jesus Christ through Read more