Pope Leo XIV asks for the launch of jailed journalists, says that freedom of expression is a

Papa Leo XIV He called freedom of expression and the press a “beautiful gift” while requested the launch of jailed journalists. He made the comments during an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists around the world who descended in Rome during the past week to cover their choice as the first pontiff born in the United States.

Leo received a standing ovation when he entered the Vatican auditorium for his first meeting with representatives of the general public.

The 69 -year -old Augustinian missionary, who was Born in ChicagoHe asked journalists to use the words of peace, reject war and give voice to the voiceless.

“The Church recognizes in these witnesses: I am thinking of those who report on the war even at the expense of their lives, the court of those who defend the dignity, justice and the right of people to be informed, because only the informed people can make free decisions,” said Leo. “The suffering of these jailed journalists challenges consciousness. Of the nations and the international community, asking everyone to safeguard the beautiful gift of freedom of expression and the press.”

Leo opened the meeting with some words in English, joking that if the crowd was still awake and applauded at the end, it mattered more than the ovation that greeted him.

Returning to Italian, he thanked journalists for their work that covered the papal transition and urged them to use peace words.

“Peace begins with each of us: in the way we look at others, we listen to others and talk about others,” he said. “In this sense, the way we communicate is of fundamental importance: we must say ‘no’ to the war of words and images, we must reject the paradigm of the war.”

The journalists that Leo greeted after his brief speech shared some of the few words they exchanged with him, including the suggestions that the Vatican’s plans are moving forward so that I travel to Turkey to commemorate an important event in the Catholic-Orthodox relations: the 1,700 anniversary of the Council of Nicaa, the first ecumenical advice of Cristianity.

In his first Sunday addressLeo asked for a fair and lasting peace in Ukraine and a high immediate fire and the release of hostages in Gaza.

“I also address the great powers of the world repeating the call always present ‘Never again war’,” Leo said from the lodge of San Pedro Basilica to an estimated 100,000 people below.

Leo, what was it Thursday chosen To become the next pontiff, it will open at a Mass in the Plaza de San Pedro next Sunday.

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