Pope Francis sees value in comedy
by editors@theworld.org (Omar Duwaji) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6NHJC)
While in Italy to meet with leaders of the G7, Pope Francis convened a meeting with an unexpected audience: comedians. More than 100 of them, from 15 different countries, validated the importance of their craft in tumultuous times. Host Carol Hills discusses the papal take on comedy with James Geary, a scholar of humor, as well as Debra DiGiovanni, a Canadian comedian based in Los Angeles.