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Pope Francis to Meet Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Other Top Comedians at Vatican, by Hannah Brockhaus – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Pope Francis to Meet Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Other Top Comedians at Vatican, by Hannah Brockhaus

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Stephen Colbert (public domain) and Pope Francis (Vatican Media).

By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency, June 8, 2024

Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency’s senior Rome correspondent. She grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and has a degree in English from Truman State University in Missouri.

Rome Newsroom, Jun 8, 2024 / 08:11 am – It’s no joke: Pope Francis will take the mic in front of over 100 comics, stand-up comedians, and humorists, including Americans Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon, at the Vatican next Friday.

Jim Gaffigan, Conan O’Brien, Chris Rock, Tig Notaro, and Whoopi Goldberg are the other U.S. comedians expected to take part.

The June 14 meeting was organized by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education and Dicastery for Communication and “aims to establish a link between the Catholic Church and comic artists,” according to a June 8 press release.

As of June 8, a list of 105 comics and humorists from 15 countries had confirmed their participation in the papal audience. …

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Pope Francis to Meet Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Other Top Comedians at Vatican, by Hannah Brockhaus

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By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency, June 8, 2024

Rome Newsroom, Jun 8, 2024 / 08:11 am – It’s no joke: Pope Francis will take the mic in front of over 100 comics, stand-up comedians, and humorists, including Americans Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon, at the Vatican next Friday.

Jim Gaffigan, Conan O’Brien, Chris Rock, Tig Notaro, and Whoopi Goldberg are the other U.S. comedians expected to take part.

The June 14 meeting was organized by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education and Dicastery for Communication and “aims to establish a link between the Catholic Church and comic artists,” according to a June 8 press release.

As of June 8, a list of 105 comics and humorists from 15 countries had confirmed their participation in the papal audience. …

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