The Simpsons are America’s ambassadors to the world.  Overweight, dumb, violent, well-meaning, endearing… they’re America, in a nutshell, a country with little shame and much power that acts in what it perceives as the best interests of those around them.  However, they’re not the best role models in the world, unless you’re talking to the Catholic Church.  An article in L’Osservatore Romano, the official Vatican newspaper, has declared The Simpsons to be true Catholics, despite the fact that The Simpsons on the show are practicing Presbylutherans.

According to the article, “The Simpsons are among the few TV programs for children in which Christian faith, religion, and questions about God are recurrent themes.  Few people know it, and he does everything he can to hide it, but it is true: Homer J Simpson is a Catholic.”  The article is in reference to a 2005 episode of The Simpsons in which Homer and Bart join the Catholic Church thanks to a friendly priest, voiced by Liam Neeson, in the episode “The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star.”

This is the latest in a number of attempts by The Vatican’s official newspaper to lighten its tone a bit.  First, they praised The Blues Brothers as a good Catholic example (and it is, in a strange way), then they announce that The Vatican was hunting for space aliens.  Now this.

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