Cardinal Joseph Zen has read much criticism of the "Luce mascot" for the
current Jubilee Year. The main reason is that the company that produced
it "has a reputation for having several products that we Catholics would
call less than decent."
Writing on OldYosef.hkcatholic.com (Jan.
28), he adds that a mascot is considered a "bringer of good luck" and
is therefore superstitious.
While acknowledging that the current
use of the term may have diluted this meaning, he questions the need for
such a figure in an event that is by definition already a "great
fortune" as it commemorates the birth of the Savior.
The Cardinal would have preferred that the secularised Vatican bureaucrats would have choosen a heavenly patron instead of a mascot.
He
suggests St Athanasius, who defended the faith against Arianism at the
Council of Nicaea in 325. This jubilee year also marks the 1700
anniversary of that council.
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