In October 2024, the Vatican unveiled "Luce," a blue-haired anime-style mascot designed by Italian artist Simone Legno to engage a younger audience for the Holy Year 2025. The announcement sparked ...

The mascot, named Luce — which means “light” in Italian ... of the Dicastery for Evangelization’s section for the new evangelization, said he hopes taking part in the convention ...

Luce was designed by Simone Legno ... verification and being “toothless,” according to a story from the New York Times. Many victims of clergy abuse were children, so introducing a mascot ...

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 ...

To reach out to the youth, the Vatican unveiled a new Jubilee mascot for Expo 2025 in Japan to the world last week — an anime-style cartoon character named Luce. It didn’t take long for the internet ...

The Vatican introduced an anime-style mascot named Luce to represent Catholic pilgrims in the 2025 Jubilee year on Monday, Oct. 28 — and within a week, the character has already become a viral ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Our recommended books this week include histories of corporate mismanagement and misbehavior in the 19th century (“Savings and ...

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Meet ‘Luce’ – the Vatican’s official mascot for ...

That often draws the ire of progressives.Credit...M. Scott Brauer for The New York Times Ms. Gluesenkamp Perez, 36, who owns an auto shop now run by her husband, has angered progressives for ...

Restrictions on Airbnb in cities such as Barcelona, Paris and New York will inevitably push some families to home exchanges. My guess is that swapping will make at most a small dent in the problem ...

‘This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation,’ the agency says. A city tram is torched to a chorus of anti-Jewish slurs as ...