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"The Simpsons&amp;#039; executive producer Al Jean has dismissed claims that Homer is Catholic. Earlier this week, the Vatican&amp;#039;s official newspaper L&amp;#039;Osservatore Romano praised the cartoon for its exploration of religion. The article added: &amp;quot;Few people know it, and he does everything he can to hide it, but it is true - Homer J Simpson is a Catholic.&amp;quot; Jean has now told Entertainment Weekly that he was pleased with the article, saying: &amp;quot;My first reaction is shock and awe, and I guess it makes up for me not going to church for 20 years.&amp;quot; However, Jean added that the Simpson family attends a Presbylutheran church. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve pretty clearly shown that Homer is not Catholic,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I really don&amp;#039;t think he could go without eating meat on Fridays - for even an hour.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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