Pope Francis championed religious liberty, Vatican spokesman writes
October 22, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: In a front-page article in the Vatican newspaper, Alessandro Gisotti, vice director of the Editorial Directorate at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, surveyed the late Pope Francis’s words and actions in defense of religious freedom.
“Until the last moment of his pontificate, Francis positioned himself as a courageous and tireless defender of the inseparable rights to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion,” said Gisotti. “He did so with words, gestures, and fundamental documents, but above all with journeys of extraordinary significance, often to places from which political or security reasons might have dissuaded him.”
Gisotti concluded:
Pope Francis made religious freedom one of the pillars of his mission as Successor of Peter, closely linking it to the promotion of peace, dialogue, and human dignity. A legacy now entrusted to Pope Leo, who continues to challenge us all to build a freer and more fraternal humanity.The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.
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