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Francis, who plans to dedicate his upcoming annual communications message to “fake news”, told Catholic media on Saturday that journalists perform a mission that is among the most “fundamental” to democratic societies, the Guardian reports.

But he reminded them to provide precise, complete and correct information and not to provide one-sided reports.

Read alsoBritish MPs defend fees of up to GBP 1,000 an hour to appear on Kremlin propaganda channelThe pope said: “You shouldn’t fall into the ‘sins of communication:’ disinformation, or giving just one side, calumny that is sensationalized, or defamation, looking for things that are old news and have been dealt with and bringing them to light today.”

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