Pope Leo calls for release of jailed journalists, notes their courage | News

The new pontiff talks of witnesses ‘who report on war even at the cost of their lives’.

Pope Leo XIV has called for the release of journalists imprisoned for doing their work while affirming free speech.

Leo, who was elected pontiff on Thursday after the death of Pope Francis, gave his first news conference at the Vatican on Monday.

Addressing some of the thousands of journalists who travelled to Rome to cover his election as the first American pontiff, he said journalists jailed “for…