This is the Worst Thing to Come out of the Vatican Since the Last Awful Thing.
The eleven* disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them.
When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted.
Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Go, therefore,* and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.* And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”
Then one of the disciples said to the Lord, “Jesus, I’ve got a great idea. A little doll with big eyes that’s like super cute. I ran it by the marketing people and they think it’ll be the biggest thing since baby Yoda.”
And the rest of the disciples fell on him and beat him with fists and mockery.
If religion and a marketing department had a baby it would be this. Catholicism doesn’t need a mascot. We look to the Lord. We don’t need a marketing strategy. We have the Gospel. We don’t need gimmicks. We preach the Good News that Jesus died and rose again.
This image is the sound of an uncertain trumpet. How can the Vatican say they’ve lost the thread without telling us?
The young are crying out for truth and the Church feeds them a Precious Moment.
The Vatican has unveiled the official mascot of the Holy Year 2025: Luce (Italian for Light).
— CatholicTV (@CatholicTV) October 28, 2024
Archbishop Fisichella says the mascot was inspired by the Church's desire "to live even within the pop culture so beloved by our youth." pic.twitter.com/hVU2CmYA3O
Look, I’ve had plenty of bad ideas in my life. I don’t blame the guy who came up with the bad idea. I want the name of the second person who approved this. And the third and fourth.