In a speech to members of the international media Monday, Pope Leo XIV called for a rhetoric of peace over words of anger or ideology, and issued an appeal for the freedom of journalist imprisoned for reporting the truth.
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ROME – In a speech to members of the international media Monday, Pope Leo XIV called for a rhetoric of peace over words of anger or ideology, and issued an appeal for the freedom of journalist imprisoned for reporting the truth.
After two rounds of thunderous applause that prompted him to stand up again once he’d sat down, Leo thanked journalists for the “this wonderful reception,” jesting in English, “They say when they clap at the beginning it does not matter much, if you are still awake at the end and you still want to applaud…”
