Posted on 05/12/2025 1:35:33 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Pope Leo XIV urged reporters to do their part in protecting the “precious gift of free speech” in his first address to the media on Monday – and also called on governments around the world to release journalists they have imprisoned.
The pope called for an improved model of communication that “does not seek consensus at all costs, does not use aggressive words, does not follow the culture of competition, and never separates the search for truth from the love with which we must humbly seek it.”
“The Church must face the challenges posed by the times. In the same way, communication and journalism do not exist outside of time and history. Saint Augustine reminds of this when he said, ‘Let us live well, and the times will be good. We are the times,’” the former Cardinal Robert Prevost told the enormous pool of international journalists who covered his election as pope.
“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 war,” he said.
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Sounding more like his brother every day. Dare I hope, for a based Pope?
Free speech in America is an inalienable right not a gift.
Still waiting for any mention of, you know, the religion thing.
He is speaking to an international audience. Not many countries are as blessed as America when it comes to our Bill of Rights.
1000%
Gift from God?
When he shows his true self he will be screaming against free speech. He is a socialist wolf.
Let’s give him a chance.
Tell that to your leftists.
THEY are the ones constantly banning and suspending. Never mind their “voices” are CONSTANTLY dominating every internet “public forum”.
Yes. It would be a gift from God, as all free will is.
At the people level, however, it is ‘inalienable” and a “natural right”.
A Pope should be concerning himself with spreading Christianity and teaching its tenets. When he said he wants peace, he actually would be bold to declare knowing there can not really be any peace until everyone is Christian.
“Still waiting for any mention of, you know, the religion thing.”
There have been a lot of Christians recently and over the years who have been killed and persecuted by governments for professing Christ who might disagree with you regarding the importance of free speech.
Aactually, an “inalienable right” is merely another way of saying it is a right that comes as a gift from the Creator, rather than merely a privilege extended by government.
If you read the address itself, he quotes Jesus and the Scriptures in almost the first paragraph. He was addressing a group of journalists in his daily audience, not preaching a sermon. Yesterday's address to young people was more religious in content, as I'm sure more will be in the future depending on the occasion.
Good luck with that his true agenda is hidden for a reason.
I think it’s time for a Pope Sam.
He should be calling out editors to restrain their more intemperate journalists. They need a good red pen to strike out adjectives. Just give us the who, what, why, when & where (how?) & leave the rest.
Talking about free speech to journalists is fine, but every statement I’ve seen so far has been political and worldly.
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