The Vatican unveils official anime girl mascot

Missed the chance to call her Vati-chan.

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

The Catholic Church has a new mascot.

It's a small child.

Because an official anime boy mascot would be too apropos?

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

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

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

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

Luce? Like Lucifer? Lol.

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

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)

This is the onion-ness we all deserve

How is this NOT the onion...

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

I love this sentence so much.

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

Finally the Catholics have discovered religion!

Target demographic: lolicons

Looks kinda like that Chickpea comic.

yeah thats gonna clean up their image

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

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

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

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

"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.

So is it blessed anime, or holy anime?

Hmmm.

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

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

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.

Really surprising it isn't a teenage boy.

Yeah, pedos do what pedos usually do

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

We're about 5 years away from the Vatican releasing shotacon.

That priest looks stoked

Yay! But wait, what?

Coraline?

Rule 34 intensifies

Yuru-kyara but for the pope?

Is this some kind of moe anthroprism?

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