First meeting of Pope Leo XIV with journalists: “We disarish words and we will help to disarm the earth”
Pope Leo XIV lived on Monday his first official meeting with the international press in Classroom Pablo VIwhere he urged the media to promote a “Pace communication” and refuses the “Word of words and images” which feeds hatred and polarization.
“We disarish words and we will help to disarm the earth”The Pontiff said against thousands of journalists who covered the recent Conclave who chose him as 267th successor of Pedro.
Leo XIV, born in Chicago and with Peruvian citizenship, underlined the importance of a communication that listens and gives voice to the most vulnerable. “What is necessary is not a noisy and muscle communication, but a communication capable of listening, to collect the voice of the weak who have no voice”he said.
In his speech, the Pope also requested the Liberation of imprisoned journalists To seek and tell the truth, highlighting that “only informed peoples can make free decisions”.
When dealing with the current challenges, Leo XIV warned of the “Confusion of languages without love, often ideological or distorted”and called to overcome the “Tower of Babel” in which sometimes we are. “Communication, in fact, is not only the transmission of information, but the creation of a culture, of human and digital environments that become spaces for dialogue and comparison,” he added.
The pontiff also dealt with the impact of artificial intelligence, highlighting his “immense potential” and the need to use it with “responsibility and discernment” for the common good.
The words of San Agustín
At the end of his speech, Leo XIV recalled the words of Sant’Agostino: “We live well and the times will be fine. We are the times”underlining the liability shared in The construction of a more just and peaceful world.
This meeting with the press is one of the activities that the new Pope will carry out in the coming weeks and in them, and it is expected that it will continue to outline the priorities of his pontificate.
