Tiernan, O’Hanlon and Kielty in ‘conclave of comedians’

Irish entertainers Tommy 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.

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.