Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press” in an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists who descended on Rome to cover his election as the first American pontiff.
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Thank God he’s not a fascist.
That’s right. I’m relieved the leader of the largest Jesus Christ following religion isn’t a fascist. Because sometimes they are.
Humans suck. But I’ll take a win when we can get it.
Talk is cheap. It’s very easy for him to say these thing. It’s much harder for him to do anything about it.
On the other hand, he could do something about the child exploitation that’s going on in his church.
I know he’s the pope and has to talk like that, but free speech is not a “precious gift”. It’s a hard-won right and “calling for it” is not gonna protect it. I swear to Nonexisto, if this clown gets the credit after the people win the fight, I’m gonna get an aneurism.
Well, i suppose if the free speech in a region has been there for a while, it’s a gift from the people who fought hard for it.
Fair enough. But I’d rather think of it as a torch that has been passed on and has to be guarded and kept ablaze. Lighting it was the hardest part, but the job’s not done.
Religious zealot says the right thing while keeping his faith in a organization that diddles kids. More at 11.
