Pope Gives a Blunt One-Word Reply When Asked to Send a Message to the U.S.

Pope Leo XIV kept it short, but not all that sweet, when asked to send a message to the United States Monday.

The pontiff had his first international press conference in the Vatican on Monday, where he addressed the importance of free speech, a free press, and thanked reporters for their work covering the papal election.

At one point when walking through the crowd, Pope Leo XIV was asked by NewsNation correspondent Robert Sherman if he had “any message” to give to the U.S., prompting the pontiff to succinctly reply: “Many.”

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