Pope Leo XIV jokes in English, blesses in Latin during first audience with journalists

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV spoke in multiple languages in his appeal to media representatives to help the world escape the “Tower of Babel” that is disrupting global society.

The Washington Examiner was present when the pontiff called thousands of journalists together at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City on Monday. He encouraged them to reject the “confusion of loveless languages that are often ideological or partisan” and “strive for a different kind of communication, one that does not seek consensus at all costs.”