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Online Pranksters Give Vatican’s Anime Mascot ‘Luce’ a Lewd AI-Generated Makeover

A new Jubilee character meant for the Catholic Church to appeal to youth used to create pornographic imagery.

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An AI-generated model of the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee mascot.
PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

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 to desecrate the religious character, however.

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PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

Mr. Chiaramonte was an investigative reporter and producer at Fox News, a correspondent for the New York Post, and a news editor for the Messenger.

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