US EditionPope Leo Asks Media to Show Suffering of War, Not Amplify 'Propaganda'
Pope Leo XIV urged journalists to verify news rigorously to avoid propaganda and stressed media must reveal war's human suffering, cautioning that technology cannot replace critical judgment.
- On March 16, Pope Leo XIV met Rai's TG2 newsroom at the Vatican for TG2's 50th anniversary and urged journalists to verify news to avoid becoming 'a megaphone for power' and to show war through victims' eyes.
- The pope's remarks followed a Sunday ceasefire appeal as President Donald Trump and aides attacked negative coverage and FCC chair Brendan Carr threatened broadcast licences.
- He argued that technology and artificial intelligence cannot replace creativity and critical discernment and urged regulating communication according to the human paradigm.
- The White House's social media posts prompted backlash after a March 12 post compared strikes to Wii Sports, and Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich called the video 'sickening' amid wider outrage.
- His warning echoed other church leaders this month as a senior U.S. church official also expressed concern, while he emphasised openness and pluralism in media amid polarization in public discourse.
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On Monday, Pope Leo XIV urged journalists to make visible the suffering caused by the war, warning about the risk that the information runs of becoming political propaganda in times of war. “The duty of all journalists is to verify the news in order not to become a megaphone of power,” declared the Supreme Pontiff through a publication by X.Y, in a meeting with Italian news anchors TG2, the Pope called on reporters to “show the face of the war a…
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Catholic ReviewPope Leo XIV urges media to show human face of war, not propaganda
ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has urged the media to show the human face of suffering amid war and to verify news so as not to recirculate “propaganda” or become a “mouthpiece for those in power.” “Always, but especially in the dramatic circumstances of war, such as those we are currently experiencing, the media must guard against the risk of becoming propaganda,” the pope said in an address to broadcast journalists who produce the TG2 news pr…
Pope Leo asks media to show suffering of war, not amplify 'propaganda'
Pope Leourged journalists on Monday to highlight the suffering caused by war, cautioning against news reports that risk sliding into propaganda by glorifying conflicts or serving as "a megaphone" to amplify the voices of those in power.
Pope Leo calls for media to 'show the suffering' of war after Trump FCC threatens networks
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