By Joshua McElwee

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo urged global news agencies on Thursday never to betray their duty to telling the truth by focusing on “click-bait” articles and to exercise caution in using artificial intelligence tools in their reporting.

“Communication must be freed from the misguided thinking that corrupts it … and from the degrading practice of so-called click-bait,” the pope said. “I urge you, never sell out your authority.”

“You can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” Leo told journalists attending a conference held by Minds International, a non-profit organization that includes Reuters and other news agencies.

Leo, the first U.S. pope, also thanked journalists for their wo

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