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Related: About this forumVatican asks: is the Hulk Catholic?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/10162563/Vatican-asks-is-the-Hulk-Catholic.htmlThe Vatican daily L'Osservatore Romano on Friday devoted a full page looking at the Catholic identity of popular comic book superheroes while questioning the religious affiliation of some of the most popular like Superman and Batman.
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But Vallini said there was plenty of evidence to indicate the Hulk was a Catholic.
"Bruce Banner, the incredible green man, in fact married his beloved Betty Ross in a church and a Catholic priest presided at the ceremony.
"There are other indications dispersed among the hundreds of comic strips dedicated to him that are said to unequivocally reveal his faith."
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But Vallini said there was plenty of evidence to indicate the Hulk was a Catholic.
"Bruce Banner, the incredible green man, in fact married his beloved Betty Ross in a church and a Catholic priest presided at the ceremony.
"There are other indications dispersed among the hundreds of comic strips dedicated to him that are said to unequivocally reveal his faith."
L'Osservatore Romano: Not afraid to ask the tough questions.
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Vatican asks: is the Hulk Catholic? (Original Post)
trotsky
Jul 2013
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Democracyinkind
(4,015 posts)1. Our gods wear spandex. nt
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)2. Is V a Unitarian?
zbdent
(35,392 posts)3. Well, that would be a new twist in the Hulk's origin ...
instead of being physically abused by his father, he was sexually abused by a "Father" ...
HULK YANK!
tularetom
(23,664 posts)4. No, but I'm pretty sure I saw him shitting in the woods once
Iggo
(47,571 posts)11. That is the correct response.
rug
(82,333 posts)5. The Telegraph always is thoughtful.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)6. Explains his great distaste for the most enjoyable of the seven deadly sins, Anger. n/t
demwing
(16,916 posts)9. apparently you've not been exposed
To lust
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)7. Is Thor in there?
Hopefully they pondered Iron Man, too.
edhopper
(33,623 posts)8. Well I'm an atheist
And i was married in Church, so that is meaningless.
Being a scientist, and nuclear physicist at that. Odds are he is agnostic or an atheist.
Daredevil on the other hand is Catholic and The Thing from the Fantastic Four is Jewish.
rug
(82,333 posts)10. I bet The Atom was.
He has the right logo.
Iggo
(47,571 posts)12. Back when I read comics, Nightcrawler was catholic.
Things may have changed since the late 70s, of course.
EDIT: see the irony...