Pontiff had warm words for the press during Vatican event, in which he called for journalists to work for peace
Pope Leo XIV is surrounded by journalists as he arrives at Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican to speak to thousands of media workers. Photo: Getty
Four days after his momentous election, Pope Leo XIV yesterday met about 4,000 reporters, cameramen and technicians from the accredited media organisations which have been covering the last 10 weeks of the illness and funeral of the late Pope Francis, as well as the election of Leo XIV himself.
When he stepped on to the stage of the Vatican’s packed Paul VI Audience Hall, he was greeted with an unexpectedly sustained and apparently warm round of applause, which included shouts of “Viva il Papa” and which may well have surprised him.
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