(ZENIT News / Vatican city, 08.06.2024).
- Pope Francis will meet with comedians of the field of humorism from differentn parts of the world. The Audience will be held in the Apostolic Palace at 8:30 am on Friday, June 14, 2024. The evenrt — organized jointly by the Dicastery for Culture andn Education and the Dicastery for Communication –, intends to establish a link between the Catholic Church and comedians.
“Give me, Lord, a sense of humour,” the Holy Father prays every day, quotingn Saint Thomas More. ”It is a grace I pray for every day because it lifts you, it makes you see the provisionality of life and take things with the spirit of a redeemed soul. It’s a human attitude, but it’s the closest to the grace of God” (Interview with Tv2000 on November 20, 2016).
The man of God is recognized because he is able to live with a sense of humour: ‘without losingn realism, he enlightens others with a positive and hopefyl spirit,’ wrote Pope Francis in his Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete et Exultate , 122. The Holy Father acknowledges the considerable impact that the art of comedy has in the world of contemporary culture. Through humouristc talent and the unifying value of laughter in the present, unique reflections are offered on the human condition and the historical situation.
Moreover, the art of comedy can contribute to a more empathic and understanding world. Sacred Scripture itself “is rich in moments of irony in which they mock the presumption of self-su.
