Pope Francis honored journalists killed in the line of duty, saying that press freedom is a strong indicator of a country's overall health. During a speech to the Italian Foreign Press Association in Rome, the head of the Catholic Church urged journalists to shun fake news and report more on the plight of people who don't make daily headlines but are suffering still. “I listened in pain to the statistics about your colleagues killed while carrying out their work with courage and dedication in so many countries to report on what is happening in wars and other dramatic situations in which so many of our brothers and sisters in the world live,” he said. “Freedom of the press and of expression is an important indicator of the state of a country’s health,” he continued. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP“We need journalists who are on the side of victims, on the side of those who are persecuted, on the side of who is excluded, cast aside, discriminated against,” he said.

Source: Fox News May 19, 2019 17:28 UTC