Comedians at the Vatican!

[Stella]

Crossquad will like this news.

Pope Francis will meet with famous comedians in the Vatican on Friday, 14 June, the Holy See Press Office announced on Saturday.

The audience, jointly organized by the Vatican's Dicastery for Culture and Education and Dicastery for Communication, with more than 100 entertainers will take place in the Apostolic Palace at 8:30 a.m., and is intended to "establish a link" between the Catholic Church and such artists, the press release noted.

Promoting joy, peace, and hope
The upcoming meeting, it noted, aims to "celebrate the beauty of human diversity ... [and] promote a message of peace, love and solidarity". It "promises to be a moment of meaningful intercultural dialogue and sharing of joy and hope."

Household names such as Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brien, Whoopi Goldberg, and Chris Rock are set to be among the comedians taking part from the United States.

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news ... dians.html

In Gaudete ed exsultate Francis wrote, “Christian joy is usually accompanied by a sense of humor. We see this clearly, for example, in Saint Thomas More, Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Philip Neri. Discontent is no sign of holiness. ‘Remove vexation from your mind’ (Eccl 11:10). We receive so much from the Lord ‘for our enjoyment’ (1 Tim 6:17), that sadness can be a sign of ingratitude. We can get so caught up in ourselves that we are unable to recognize God’s gifts”.

I've always believed this to be so true and especially so within the family. I enjoy coming home from somewhere and my face hurts from all the laughing.

[Kage_ar]

So, the Pope and 100 comics walk into a bar...

[Stella]

There once was a Latino Pope,
Who loved to hear a good joke....