In the audience, Francis repeatedly quoted the “Prayer for Good Humor” attributed to St. Thomas More, which he said he had prayed for 40 years. “You know that prayer? You should know that,” he said.
He shook hands with everyone there.
“I said, ‘Thank you for inviting me, God bless you,'” Ms. Louis-Dreyfus said later. “He said, ‘God bless you,’ so that was one thing.” She added: “He spoke beautifully — I mean, they They gave us a translation. So I think his comments were fantastic.
Whoopi Goldberg joked that she was The Pope gave During a meeting with him last year and a cameo in the movie “Sister Act 3” — “He seems like a bit of a fan,” she offered at the time — she said the visit was “very fast and very kind.” And made me happy.
Some of the comedians at Friday’s event were involved in Catholic eyebrow-raising projects — including Mr. Rufus, who played the “13th Apostle” in the 1999 movie “Dogma.” Some Christian groups, including rock, are disrespectful and blasphemous. A Interview at that timeThe comedian defended the film, saying, “If you fight this you’d be very insulting to God.”
At the end of the audience, Francis blessed those present. “Keep encouraging people, especially those who find it difficult to see life with hope,” he told them. “With a smile, help us see reality with its contradictions and dream of a better world!”
The pontiff then turned to more serious matters: He traveled to southern Italy to join the Summit of 7, a gathering of leaders of the world’s richest major democracies, to discuss the implications of artificial intelligence.
