Pope Leo XIV called on journalists to
be peacemakers on Monday during an audience with media
professionals in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall.
The American pontiff called on reporters to seek the truth "with
love" and to say no to "the war of words and images".
"We must reject the paradigm of war," he said.
Quoting Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, he invited reporters "to
carry out a different kind of communication, one that does not
seek consensus at all costs, does not clothe itself with
aggressive words, does not espouse the model of competition,
never separates the search for truth from the love with which we
humbly must seek it.
"Peace begins with each one of us: with the way we look at
others, listen to others, speak about others; and, in this
sense, the way we communicate is of fundamental importance," he
continued.
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