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Pope Francis Says He Saw a Psychoanalyst Every Week, Decades Ago

1 September 2017 The pontiff said he wanted to "clarify some things", according to newspaper reports based on a forthcoming book.

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Pope Francis Kisses David Rockefeller’s Hand?

9 August 2017 A photograph of Pope Francis greeting Holocaust survivors is part of a meme containing the baseless claim that the spiritual leader is kissing the hand of a purported architect of a New World Order.

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Pope Francis: ‘God Has Instructed Me to Revise the Ten Commandments’?

Updated Reports that the pontiff asserted God had called upon him "to revise the most sacred of texts" are fake news.

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Did Pope Francis Say It Was Better to Be an Atheist Than a Bad Catholic?

28 February 2017 Versions of a remark Pope Francis made about atheists and Catholics were misleadingly paraphrased.

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Did Pope Francis Condemn President Trump for Issuing a Travel Ban?

30 January 2017 Pope Francis said it was hypocritical to "call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee," but the pontiff made that comment before Donald Trump was elected president.

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Pope Francis Decries ‘Sin’ of Spreading Disinformation

Updated In an interview, Pope Francis decried the spread of false information as sinful — but he didn't condemn "fake news" specifically.

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Pope Francis Has Lost All Faith in American Christians?

14 November 2016 An uncorroborated source reported that Pope Francis said he had lost all faith in American Christians after the election of Donald Trump.

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Pope Forbids Catholics from Voting for Hillary Clinton

21 October 2016 Neither Pope Francis nor any other pope decreed that Catholics cannot vote for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

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Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Hillary Clinton for President

24 July 2016 Yet another retread of the same fake news story has Pope Francis offering his endorsement to a third U.S. presidential candidate.

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Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald Trump for President

10 July 2016 Reports that His Holiness has endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump originated with a fake news web site.

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FALSE: Pope Francis Shares Instagram Selfie

14 December 2015 No, Pope Francis did not upload a selfie to Instagram.

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Pope Francis Endorses Bernie Sanders for President

26 October 2015 The pontifical Academy of Social Sciences invited Bernie Sanders to a conference at the Vatican, but he hasn't publicly endorsed Sanders for president.