Six-time Grammy-nominated Catholic comedian Jim Gaffigan will host the 2024 Al Smith Dinner on Oct. 17, an annual event organized by the Archdiocese of New York that the two major presidential ...

Allen's stand-up has been featured on places like HBO, Netflix, Showtime, Comedy Central, America’s Got Talent and YouTube, one video surpassed 400 million views. CORPUS CHRISTI — Comedian Jeff Allen ...

About the same time Chicago-area native George Robert Newhart was inching his way from an accounting job toward a career in comedy, his older sister Joan was professing her final vows as a Sister of ...

Bob Newhart, a cultural giant who is credited with pioneering modern stand-up comedy and spoke openly of his lifelong Catholic faith, died this week. He was 94. The native Illinoisan passed away at ...

Whoopi Goldberg, Jim Gaffigan and Conan O'Brien were also among the guests of the Pope, who invited comedians from around the world to Vatican City on Friday. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor “You manage ...

Pope Francis meets with comedians and humorists from around the world at the Vatican on June 14, 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – In Umberto Eco’s immortal novel The Name of the Rose, the ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — “It’s a like a meeting of every poorly behaved kid in church, and they stuck them all in a room and they thought it would be a good idea,” Jim Gaffigan told reporters after he, ...

Pope Francis engages in a light-hearted moment with comedians Stephen Colbert, Chris Rock, Jimmy Fallon and other comedians after an audience at the Vatican June 14, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) ...

Pope Francis meets with comedians at the Apostolic Palace on June 14, 2024, in Vatican City. Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Image When Pope Francis addressed a group of top international ...

When Israeli standup comedian Erik Angel launched Comedy for Peace in 2019, he was dreaming of a stage where comedians from different religious backgrounds could share laughs and stories together.

(The Conversation) — When Pope Francis addressed a group of top international comedians on June 14, 2024, he called them “artists” and stressed the value of their talents. To many Catholics, this ...