Luce, the anime-inspired official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, whose name means “light” in Italian, has been getting a lot of attention on social media. Some people love the cartoon ...

“Once Luce was revealed, I was naturally curious as to what was going on and I came to find out just how popular anime and Japanese art is within youth culture, and within the general comic book world ...

Luce is meant to engage a younger audience ... the image would be at home in a book of children’s fairy tales. “Gen-X meets Gen-Z with fan art,” wrote Lewis in his announcement of the ...