Jubilee 2025 will begin on December 24, coinciding with the jubilee year. Therefore, The Church has begun all preparations to celebrate one of its most important events. Under the theme “pilgrims of hope”, pilgrimage and works of charity will be carried out to ask for forgiveness for sins and show their repentance.
In this way, the Vatican wanted to present the official mascot for the Jubilee Year, a doll inspired by “pop culture” that seeks to reach the “younger audience”, as Archbishop Rino Fisichella has explained. The young woman will be called Luce, light in Italian, and she will guide all the faithful in the celebration of the Jubilee.
So, at Lucca Comics and Games, a well-known Italian convention dedicated to comics and video games, the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization, the body in charge of promoting the values of the Church, will present the project ‘Luce and her friends’. This will be the first time that the Vatican will participate in this type of event.
Luce, the mascot, represents the pilgrims. Dressed in a yellow raincoat, mud-stained wellies and other details such as a pilgrim cross, a cane or scallops Camino de Santiago like the shine in the eyes. “A symbol of the hope of the heart,” Fisichella highlighted at the presentation press conference, showing a figure of the mascot.
The figure, designed by Italian designer Simone Legno, known as Tokidoki, will also be the face of the Holy See at Expo 2025 in Osaka (Japan). Although Luce is not alone. Three more friends dressed as pilgrims will appear next to her, Fe, Xin and Sky as well as a dog, a white dove and a little angel.
“Luce represents the feelings that resonate in the hearts of the younger generations. “I am very grateful to the Dicastery for Evangelization for also opening its doors to pop culture.”Legno confessed, very excited about the opportunity.
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