Stephen Colbert, Secret ‘Potent Evangelist’ for Catholics?
Liberal comedia Stephen Colbert's joke-testimony to Congress may have been a low moment for the House of Representatives, but apparently, to reporters, it makes you a symbol of holiness. Kimberly Winston of the Religion News Service hailed Colbert in an article that appeared in Saturday's Washington Post. “And, you know, whatsoever you do for the least of my brothers, and these seem like the least of our brothers right now,” Colbert said, quoting Jesus. “Migrant workers suffer and have no rights.” It was a different kind of religious message than Colbert typically delivers on Comedy Central's “The Colbert Report,” where he often pokes fun at religion – even his own Catholic Church – in pursuit of a laugh. Yet it was the kind of serious faith that some of his fellow Catholics say makes him a serious, covert and potent evangelist for their faith. “Anytime you talk about Jesus or Christianity respectfully the way he does, it is evangelization,” said the Rev. Jim Martin, associate editor of the Jesuit magazine America, who has appeared on Colbert's show four times. “He is preaching the gospel, but I think he is doing it in a very postmodern way.” read more
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