VATICAN CITY — The Vatican newspaper has declared that Homer Simpson is Catholica claim that is leaving “The Simpsons” TV producer baffled and amused.
“Few people know it and he does everything to hide it but it is true: Homer J. Simpson is Catholic,” L’Osservatore Romano wrote in its weekend edition under the headline “Homer and Bart are Catholic.”
The paper quoted an analysis by a Jesuit priest, the Rev. Francesco Occhetta, discussing Homer’s and his son Bart’s conversion in a 2005 episode. But the show’s producer says Homer and Bart only consider converting in the 2005 episode. “My first reaction is shock and awe, and I guess it makes up for me not going to church for 20 years,” quoted executive producer Al Jean as saying. The Associated Press
