I am neither American nor Catholic, but I found this fascinating.

And what Pope Leo said was sound: he urged journalists “to show the face of war and tell ⁠it through the eyes of the victims, so as ​not to turn it into a video game.”

He also said: “In the dramatic ​circumstances of war, such as those we are experiencing, information must guard against the risk of turning into propaganda,” and that reporters must work “in verifying the news so ​as not to become a megaphone of power.”

This is absolutely true and refreshingly subversive. I doubt most j-school students ever got this lecture from their professors.

But it’s interesting and welcome nonetheless.