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Luce (Italian: lit. ' Light ') is the official mascot of the Catholic Church's 2025 Jubilee.Designed by tokidoki founder Simone Legno, she represents a Catholic pilgrim.She is accompanied by a pet dog named Santino and three friends named Fe, Xin, and Sky.
Charlene Marie Richard (January 13, 1947 – August 11, 1959) was a twelve-year-old Roman Catholic Cajun girl from Richard, Louisiana) in the United StatesShe has become the focus of a popular belief that she has performed a number of miracles.
Mary Katherine is a sardonic caricature of an unpopular, teenage Catholic school girl. She is prone to comically severe mood swings, alternately hyperactive and ponderous. She suffers from stage fright, but is also hyper-competitive (on one occasion, she engages in a sing-off with Whitney Houston) and egomaniacal, believing she is a "superstar".
Antonietta Meo (15 December 1930 – 3 July 1937), nicknamed "Nennolina", was an Italian girl who died of osteosarcoma. Currently, she is the youngest person the Catholic Church has considered canonizing as a confessor. [1]
Nowadays Hindu names like Sandeep, Rahul and Anita, etc. are also given. Portuguese names like António, João, Maria, Ana are also common among Goan Catholics who follow Portuguese culture. British names (e.g. Kevin, Shelley) and other European names (e.g. Benito, Heidi), which have no Konkani variants, are also popular.
Katherine (/ k æ θ ə r ɪ n /), also spelled Catherine and other variations, is a feminine given name.The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.
This was a kind of a play on words, since in Italian "Chiara" is a common girl's name, taken for example from the name of Clare of Assisi, but it is also an everyday word meaning "clear." "Luce" is occasionally found as a girl's name in Italy, though it is mostly secular rather than religious; and it is also an everyday word meaning "light."
It was still the most common name for women and girls in the United States in the 1990 census. [4] Mary first fell below the top 100 most popular names in 2009. However, according to the Social Security Administration , Mary is the seventh most common given name in the United States, with 2.16 million individuals bearing this name as of 2023.