Pope Leo XIV hosts first audience with the press at the Vatican
As he addressed journalists and media workers days after he was elected, he renewed calls for peace, reminding the press to focus on reporting the truth and urged the release of imprisoned journalists
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As he addressed journalists and media workers days after he was elected, he renewed calls for peace, reminding the press to focus on reporting the truth and urged the release of imprisoned journalists
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00:00Pope Leo XIV met more than 6,000 journalists and media workers on Monday, just days after he was elected.
00:08This has become a common practice with new popes. It happened with Pope Francis and Pope Benedict.
00:16As he entered the Vatican Auditorium, he received a standing ovation.
00:21He mainly reflected on the importance of using communication as a tool to achieve peace.
00:27Peace. Let us disarm words, the Pope said.
00:30It's important, he added, to strive for a different kind of communication, one that does not seek consensus at all costs, he said.
00:38Does not use aggressive words, does not follow the culture of competition.
00:43Peace begins with each one of us, he said, in the way we look at others, listen to others and speak about others.
00:50In this sense, the way we communicate, the Pope said, is of fundamental importance.
00:55We must say no to the war of words and images.
00:59Pope Leo XIV also expressed solidarity with imprisoned journalists and highlighted the importance of free speech and the press.
01:11Giorgio Orlandi for Euronews in the Vatican.
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01:29Giorgio Orlandi for Euronews in the Vatican.