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Is This Real Footage of Pope Francis with Circus Performers?

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Nur Ibrahim
Oct 5, 2023 Stranger things have happened.
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Did Pope Francis Call Transgender People 'Children of God'?

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Aleksandra Wrona
Aug 23, 2023 Fire up Google Translate for this fact check.
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Several people gather together in a room to take a photo together. Many on the right are wearing black suits, while on the middle left a man wears all white with a cross around his neck.

Did Pope Francis Meet With Bill Clinton and Alexander Soros?

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Jul 10, 2023 "BREAKING Pope Francis has met with both Bill Clinton and Alex Soros in the Vatican," a tweet po ...
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Does Video Show Biden Confusing Pope Francis for a Famous Black Baseball Player?

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Aleksandra Wrona
Jul 5, 2023 The viral clip was taken from a longer video documenting an encounter between Biden and Francis ...
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Do Photos Show Pope Francis Meeting with 'Satanic Priests'?

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Alex Kasprak
Apr 12, 2023 There's a reason The New York Times described Pope Francis as "the star of A.I.-generated photos."
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pope francis in a puffer jacket, an ai-generated fake image

This Is Not a Real Photo of the Pope in a Puffy Coat

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David Emery
Mar 26, 2023 We will soon be drowning in AI-generated deepfake images.
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Did Pope Francis Really Tweet This Praise of the Middle Finger?

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Nur Ibrahim
Feb 2, 2023 Twitter got a taste of the bird through papal musings.
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Did Pope Francis Say 'Being Homosexual Is Not a Crime’?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jan 25, 2023 In an interview with The Associated Press, Pope Francis said God loves all his children as they are.
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ROME, ITALY - APRIL 18, 2014: Pope Francis celebrates the 'Via Crucis' procession at Colosseum in Rome on April 18, 2014

Did Pope Francis Prevent People from Kissing His Ring?

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Dan Evon
Mar 27, 2019 With so many well-done fake videos of the pope, it can be difficult to tell which ones are real.
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Did Pope Francis Say This About 'Rivers Drinking Their Own Water'?

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Bethania Palma
Sep 23, 2022 The quote has been online longer than Francis has been pope. A version of it even made it into a ...
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Pope Francis made remarks on children and pets such as cats and dogs and well as adoption.

Pope Francis on Pets Over Kids: Full Transcript and Video

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Jordan Liles
Jan 6, 2022 Here is the full transcript and the video of Pope Francis' remarks on adoption, children, and pets.
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Pope Francis did not disappear or vanish into thin air on live TV in a TikTok or YouTube video from the Vatican on television.

Pope Francis Disappears on Live TV, Explained

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Jordan Liles
Nov 3, 2021 A video showed the pope go poof. Here's what happened.
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Did Pope Francis Offer This COVID-19 Vaccine Prayer?

Written by:
Dan Evon
May 12, 2021 A sacrilegious hoax was making its way around the internet.
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Pope Francis.

Did Pope Francis Say 'Exposing Pedophile Priests Is Satan's Work'?

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Dan MacGuill
Sep 13, 2018 A disreputable web site chose to over-simplify and sensationalize a real homily delivered by the ...
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ROME, ITALY - APRIL 18, 2014: Pope Francis celebrates the 'Via Crucis' procession at Colosseum in Rome on April 18, 2014

Was Pope Francis 'Found Guilty' of Child Trafficking and Murder?

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Arturo Garcia
Jun 8, 2018 A blog devoted to the roundly-debunked "Pizzagate" story reprinted an equally false post from 20 ...
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Smiling Pope Francis surrounded by a crowd.

Did Pope Francis 'Request' Marriage Rights for Catholic Priests?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Apr 12, 2018 News reports exaggerated the scope and significance of comments made by the pontiff.
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Pope Francis.

Did Pope Francis Cancel the Bible and Propose a New Holy Book?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Apr 9, 2018 A shocking story about the Pontiff's upending thousands of years of tradition originated on, you ...
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Did the Pope Say That Hell Doesn't Exist?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Mar 30, 2018 The Vatican disputed claims that Pope Francis denied the existence of Hell.
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Did Stephen Hawking Become a Christian After a Blessing from Pope Francis?

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Dan MacGuill
Mar 19, 2018 A disreputable Facebook page engaged in a time-honored ritual — the phony deathbed conversion of ...
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Did Pope Francis Forgive 4,444 Pedophile Priests in Australia?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Mar 6, 2018 A recent fake news item sought to distort the results of an inquiry into sexual abuse in the Cat ...
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