World Day of Social Communications

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Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard the papal plane during an in-flight press conference on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, on his return from his nearly two-week tour of Southeast Asia.

Pope Francis tells journalists to build communion, ‘give reasons for hope’

Jan 24, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

“I dream of a communication that does not peddle illusions or fears but is able to give reasons for hope,”... Read more

Pope Francis delivers the Angelus address on Jan. 22, 2023.

Pope Francis: Amid polarization in Church, we are called to speak truth with charity

Jan 24, 2023

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis has urged Christians to “speak the truth and to do so with charity” amid polarization and divisions within... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on April 18, 2018.

Pope Francis warns against 'spirals of hatred' on social media

Jan 24, 2019

By Courtney Mares

In his World Day of Social Communications message, Pope Francis said that online discussion is “too often based on opposition... Read more

Pope Francis at the General Audience Oct. 11, 2017.

Confront the lies of 'fake news,' Francis says

Jan 24, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

In his message for the World Day of Social Communications, published Wednesday, Pope Francis said that in a world of... Read more