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Why Pope Francis invited Stephen Colbert, Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg to the Vatican

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Pope Francis has held a “conclave of the comedians” with 100 of the world’s top comics at the Vatican.

Star names such as Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien, Whoopi Goldberg, and Chris Rock were among the invited guests. were in the audience at the Apostolic Palace, with the comedians coming from 15 countries.

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