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"The official Vatican newspaper, Osservatore Romano, declared in an article Sunday that Homer Simpson\u2026 Yes, that Homer Simpson, and his son Bart Simpson are Catholic. Citing a study by a Jesuit priest of a 2005 episode called &amp;quot;The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star,&amp;quot; which found The Simpsons is &amp;quot;among the few TV programs for kids in which Christian faith, religion and questions about God are recurrent themes,&amp;quot; the church told parents not to worry about letting their children watch. In fact, this is the second time the show has been praised by the Catholic leadership. In December 2009, the same newspaper called the show &amp;quot;tender and irreverent, scandalous and ironic, boisterous and profound, philosophical and sometimes even theological, nutty synthesis of pop culture and of the lukewarm and nihilistic American middle class,&amp;quot; according to Yahoo News. But executive producer Al Jean begs to differ. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve pretty clearly shown that Homer is not Catholic,&amp;quot; he told Entertainment Weekly. &amp;quot;I really don&amp;#039;t think he could go without eating meat on Fridays \u2014 for even an hour.&amp;quot; Jean also said the Simpsons attend the &amp;quot;Presbylutheran&amp;quot; First Church of Springfield, which would suggest, of course, while they are Christians, they are protestant, not Catholic. It&amp;#039;s interesting the Catholic Church would even comment on the show. But considering it airs in 90 countries, I guess the question of whether or not it is appropriate for children would be relevant. - Alexandra Gekas, Associate Editor "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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