THE POPE ISSUES APPEAL TO GLOBAL NEWS AGENCIES

POPE Leo XIV has urged global news agencies never to betray their duty to tell the truth by focusing on "click bait" articles and to exercise caution in using artificial intelligence tools in their reporting.

"Communication must be freed from misguided thinking that corrupts it, he stressed.

The Holy Father also asked reporters to gift against "junk" information and to help people recognize fact from fiction.