(12 May 2025)
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Vatican City, Vatican – 12 May 2025
1. Various of Pope Leo XIV entering Paul VI Hall
2. Mid of Pope Leo XIV sitting on his chair
3. Wide of journalists applauding the pope as they stand in the audience
4. Tilt up from journalists recording the pope to Pope Leo XIV standing
5. Wide of Pope Leo XIV sitting
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Pope Leo XIV:
"Good morning and thank you for this wonderful reception. They say when they clap at the beginning, it doesn’t matter much. If you are still awake at the and and still want to applaud, thank you very much.”
7. Close up of camera operator filming the pope
8. Wide of the pope
9. Various of journalists filming the pope
10. Pope Leo XIV blessing the audience
11. Wide of journalists applauding
12. Pope Leo XIV going towards journalists to greet them
13. Various of Pope Leo XIV greeting journalists
14. Various of the pope leaving Paul VI Hall while being surrounded by journalists
STORYLINE:
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.
Leo received a standing ovation as he entered the Vatican auditorium for his first meeting with representatives of the general public.
The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary, elected in a 24-hour conclave last week, called for journalists to use words for peace, to reject war and to give voice to the voiceless.
Leo opened the meeting with a few words in English, joking that if the crowd was still awake and applauding at the end, it mattered more than the ovation that greeted him.
Turning to Italian, he thanked the journalists for their work covering the papal transition and urged them to use words of peace.
After his brief speech, in which he reflected on the power of words to do good, he greeted some of the journalists in the front rows and then shook hands with the crowd as he exited the audience hall down the central aisle. He signed a few autographs and posed for a few selfies.
Journalists later shared some of the few words they exchanged with him, including hints that Vatican plans are going ahead for Leo to travel to Turkey to commemorate an important event in Catholic-Orthodox relations: the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea, Christianity’s first ecumenical council.
Other tidbits emerged: Journalists offered to play doubles in tennis, or to organize a charity match. Leo, a regular tennis player, seemed game “but we can’t invite Sinner,” he joked, referring to the world No. 1 Jannik Sinner, who is playing just up the Tiber at the Italian Open.
It was in the 2013 audience with journalists who covered the election of history’s first Latin American pope that Pope Francis explained his choice of name, after St. Francis of Assisi, and his desire for a “church which is poor and for the poor!”
During his 12-year pontificate, Francis too spoke about the value of journalism and as recently as January, he appealed for the release of imprisoned journalists during a Holy Year event with the media.
AP Video shot by Silvia Stellacci, Dario Artale and Trisha Thomas
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