Before flying to Italy's southern Puglia region to meet world leaders at the Group of Seven summit, Pope Francis hosted a very different audience at the Vatican on Friday celebrating the importance of humour.
The pontiff welcomed more than 100 comedians from 15 nations, including US celebrities Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, Stephen Colbert and Conan O'Brien.
바카라In the midst of so much gloomy news, immersed as we are in many social and even personal emergencies, you have the power to spread peace and smiles,바카라 Francis told the comedians.
바카라You unite people, because laughter is contagious,바카라 he continued, asking jokingly, 바카라Please pray for me: for, not against!바카라
Francis pointed out that in the creation, 바카라Divine wisdom practiced your art for the benefit of none other than God himself, the first spectator in history,바카라 with God delighting in the works that he had made.
바카라Remember this,바카라 he added. "When you manage to bring intelligent smiles to the lips of even a single spectator, you also make God smile.바카라
Francis also said it was OK to 바카라laugh at God바카라 in the same way 바카라we play and joke with the people we love.바카라
After delivering his speech, Francis greeted all the comedians individually, sharing laughs and jokes with some of them.
바카라It was great, it was very fast and really loving, and made me happy,바카라 Goldberg said afterward.
O'Brien noted that the pope 바카라spoke in Italian, so I'm not quite sure what was said.바카라
바카라To be in that room and to be with all my fellow comedians, some of whom I've been good friends with for many years, in that environment, was quite strange," the TV host added. "All of us were thinking, how did this happen? Why are we here, and when are they going to throw us out?바카라
Colbert admitted his Italian 바카라is really bad, I would like to speak it better.바카라 But he managed to remind the pope that he had done the audiobook for his memoir.
바카라It was wonderful, he'll never forget me,바카라 he joked.
