Calling for Kinder Media


Article in UPI by Paul Godfrey, 4/112/25

Headline: “Pope Leo XIV tells media to help promote global peace by ‘disarming’ words”

“Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for a kinder, gentler media, one that speaks up for those with no voice and in defense of free speech, and expressed solidarity with reporters imprisoned around the world for doing their job.

“In his first meeting with the more than 1,000 journalists who make up the Vatican press corps, Leo thanked them their work covering the papal transition and urged them to use their platform to foster peace by taking care over ‘how people and events are presented’. . .”

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/05/12/Vatican-Pope-says-media-must-promote-peace/4361747052191/