Pope Leo XIV calls for the release of imprisoned journalists, says free speech is a "precious gift"

Name: Pope Leo XIV calls for the release of imprisoned journalists, says free speech is a "precious gift"
Uploaded: 2025-05-12T13:41:00-0400
Duration: 1 min 52 s
Description: Pope Leo XIV called free speech and the press a "precious gift" as he asked for the release of imprisoned journalists. He made the comments during an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists from around the world who descended on Rome over the past week to cover his election as the first U.S.-born pontiff.

Pope Leo XIV called free speech and the press a "precious gift" as he asked for the release of imprisoned journalists. He made the comments during an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists from around the world who descended on Rome over the past week to cover his election as the first U.S.-born pontiff.