At the Religious Booksellers Trade Association meeting in Chicago, Associate Editor James Martin, S.J., spoke about humor and the saints, and told a few jokes along the way. View part 1, 2 or 3. Fr. Martin is author of My Life with the Saints.
Laughing with the Saints
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