Vatican City – Pope: Media Sins By Dredging Up, Sensationalizing Old News

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    Pope Francis (R) exchanges gifts with the President of Ecuador Lenin Moreno (C) and his wife Rocio Gonzalez Navas during a private audience on December 16, 2017 in Vatican.  / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Andreas SOLAROVatican City – Pope Francis is criticizing journalists who dredge up old scandals and sensationalize the news, saying it’s a “very serious sin” that hurts all involved.

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    Francis, who plans to dedicate his upcoming annual communications message to “fake news,” told Catholic media on Saturday that journalists perform a mission that is among the most “fundamental” to democratic societies.

    But he reminded them to provide precise, complete and correct information and not to provide one-sided reports.

    The pope said: “You shouldn’t fall into the ‘sins of communication:’ disinformation, or giving just one side, calumny that is sensationalized, or defamation, looking for things that are old news and have been dealt with and bringing them to light today.”

    He called those actions a “grave sin that hurts the heart of the journalist and hurts others.”


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    6 years ago

    Wel said . CNN take heed

    6 years ago

    My bro Munch says that Catholicism, like the rest of Christianity, is a false religion, and the Pope has no authority to declare what is or isn’t a sin.

    Buchwalter
    Buchwalter
    6 years ago

    It is the age old accusations of deicide which burned Jews alive in Vienna on the weissgerberlaende, killed Jews in spain ,made Luther inciting to murder against Jews and gave Hitler ammunition to kill Jews. Rome and its sattilites are the cause of antisemitism

    Buchwalter
    Buchwalter
    6 years ago

    I aRRIVEd in Buchenwald on 12-24-1944 , German shepherd roamed at night and tore people apart and on the eve 12-25 rang out Stille Nacht heilige Nacht , from where from the Sonderbau next to block 66 but separated by barbed wire.

    Buchwalter
    Buchwalter
    6 years ago

    The fact is that the catholic church is not monolithic but each pope leaves an imprint. The current pope originates from Piemonte in Italy. He has an excellent relationship with he chief rabbi of argentinia and when he visited the pope in rome he served him a KOSHER MEAL