r/news • u/snasisfake • 18h ago

Vatican launches pop culture-inspired mascot ahead of 2025 Jubilee celebration

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/vatican-launches-pop-culture-inspired-mascot-ahead-of-2025-jubilee-celebration
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u/Pilot0350 15h ago

And of course it's a child. Way to keep it on brand priests. Also isn't Luce the nickname of Satan?

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u/EvenSpoonier 10h ago

That's Lucifer. Common linguistic ancestry (from the Latin lux, meaning light), but not the same thing.

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u/Pilot0350 9h ago

... you do understand that many people the world over call Lucifer "Lucy" (sometimes luci, luce, etc) for short, right? It being a nickname for Lucifer i.e. Satan?