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A group of comedians and humorists, including Chris Rock and Jimmy Fallon (center), share a lighthearted exchange with Pope Francis during a gathering with the pope in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on June 14, 2024.

Pope Francis gets laughs at meeting with big-name comedians

Jun 14, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis took the stage in front of over 100 comedians and humorists, including Americans Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and... Read more

The silhouette of Pope Francis during a meeting with King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium in the Apostolic Palace on April 26, 2014.

What did the Vatican just Google? A satirist speaks

Jul 24, 2019

Last fall, amid swirling headlines about synods and still-emerging sex abuse scandals, an odd account popped up in the newsfeeds... Read more

Left to right, Tongayi Chirisa, Adam Goldberg, Jim Gaffigan, Ashley Williams, and Michael Ian Black for the Jim Gaffigan Show. Courtesy of TV Land.

Honestly funny – comedian Jim Gaffigan blends faith, humor in new TV show

Jul 2, 2015

By Adelaide Mena

God and comedy clubs are not generally something most families throw together; then again, most families don’t create a cable... Read more

Cardinal Timothy Dolan greets the press in Rome in March 2012.

Cardinal Dolan and Stephen Colbert talk faith at Fordham

Sep 19, 2012

Fordham University students were treated to a rare opportunity last week when they packed an auditorium to hear Cardinal Timothy... Read more