Catholic theologians and monastics have always encouraged humor, emphasizing its power to heal and bring cultures together
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.To many Catholics, this meeting came as a surprise. Traditionally, the themes of detachment, sacrifice, humility and repentance appear far more frequently in religious writing and preaching than the spiritual benefits of a good laugh.Many Catholic saints have considered laughter to be an integral part of nature itself. For example, the 12th-century German nun St.
In the 13th century, Dominican scholastic theologian St. Thomas Aquinas composed a lengthy summary of theology that became one of the most important resources in the Catholic tradition: the The shared experience of laughing can break down barriers across cultures and bring people together. The Carmelite nun St. Therese of Lisieux also lived a life marked by humor in the 19th century. Even as she lay dying from tuberculosis at the age of 24, she is said to have . Supposedly, when a priest was called to give her the last rites, he refused because she looked too healthy. She replied that she would try to look sicker the next time he was called.Francis is far from the only pope to stress the value of humor in Catholic and Christian life. Pope St.
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