In the 2025 Jubilee of the World of Communications, brain rot was also used by Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, as he urged people to reduce their use of social media and avoid "putrefazione cerebrale".

OK I'm going to start using "putrefazione cerebrale" instead of #brainrot now.

@diffrentcolours lmao I used these words when the kids started talking about Italian brainrot! I wish I’d known I could’ve referred to the Pope about it