{"id":3289,"date":"2009-12-23T09:51:09","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T09:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/12\/simpsons-gets-imprimatur-from.html"},"modified":"2009-12-23T09:51:09","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T09:51:09","slug":"simpsons-gets-imprimatur-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/12\/simpsons-gets-imprimatur-from.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Simpsons&#8217; Gets Imprimatur From Vatican Newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2009\/12\/23\/arts\/AP-EU-TV-Vatican-The-Simpsons.html\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press<\/a> is reporting that L&#8217;Osservatore Romano, the Vatican&#8217;s newspaper, has declared the &#8220;Simpsons&#8221; okely dokely on the show&#8217;s 20th anniversary, &#8220;praising its philosophical leanings as well as its stinging and often irreverent take on religion.&#8221;<br \/>\nWhile the paper does critique some of the series&#8217; crude language and violence, it gives the longest-running animated series of all time the highest compliment possible, stating that, without the show, &#8220;&#8216;many today wouldn&#8217;t know how to laugh.&#8221;<br \/>\nWe here at Beliefnet couldn&#8217;t agree more and have been covering the spiritual side of the Springfield family since the site&#8217;s beginnings in 1999. Check out some of our &#8220;Simpsons&#8221; coverage over the years:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Entertainment\/2008\/09\/D-Oh-Top-Ten-Plus-One-Religious-Episodes-on-The-Simpsons.aspx\">D&#8217;Oh! 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