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Tiernan, O’Hanlon and Kielty in ‘conclave of comedians’
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Irish entertainers Tommie Tiernan, Ardal O’Hanlon and Patrick Kielty were among a group of around 100 comedians who had an audience with Pope Francis this morning.
The “conclave of comedians” also included Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien.
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The Vatican earlier said the meeting was to “celebrate the beauty of human diversity … [and] promote a message of peace, love and solidarity”. It also said it promised “to be a moment of meaningful intercultural dialogue and sharing of joy and hope.”
The audience was organised by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education and Dicastery for Communication.
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