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Vatican’s official
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"The Simpsons" just got a bless­
ing from the Vatican.
The official Vatican newspaper
has declared that beer-swilling,
doughnut-loving Homer Simpson
and son Bart are Catholics — and
what's more, it says that parents
should not be afraid to let their chil­
dren watch "the adventures o f the
little guys in yellow."
"Few people know it, and he does
everything to hide it. But it's true:
Homer J. Simpson is Catholic," the
Osservatore Romano newspaper
said in an article on Sunday head­
lined "Homer and Bart are Catho­
lics."
The newspaper cited a study by
a Jesuit priest o f a 2005 episode o f
the show called "The Father, the
Son and the Holy Guest Star." That
stu d y c o n c lu d e s th at "The
Simpsons" is "among the few TV
programs for kids in which Christian
faith, religion and questions about
God are recurrent themes."
ThemiddleclassU.S. family prays
before meals, and "in its own way,
believes in the beyond," the news-
Homer Simpson may love beer and skips church in favor o f
football, but the Vatican has declared the doughnut fan and his
family to be Catholics.
paper quoted the Jesuit study as
saying.
It's the second time the animated
U.S. TV series, which is broadcast in
90 countries, has been praised by
the Vatican.
In D ecem b er 2 0 0 9 , the
Osservatore Romano described the
show as "tender and irreverent, scan­
dalous and ironic, boisterous and
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times even theological, nutty syn­
thesis o f pop culture and o f the
lukewarm and nihilistic American
middle class."
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