Corky Siemaszko is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital.
Heard the one about Pope Francis and a room full of jokers? You’re about to. The leader of the Catholic Church will take the mic Friday for a meeting with, ahem, “leading figures in the field of humor from various parts of the world,” the Vatican has announced.
James Martin, an influential Jesuit priest, said in an email to NBC News. That will be followed, Martin wrote, by some individual face-time with the pope and a news conference. Martin, who runs the “Outreach” ministry for LGBTQ Catholics, said he got an invitation because he’s the author of a 2012 book on faith and funniness called “Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor and Laughter are at the Heart of Spiritual Life.
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