The Vatican warns of fake papal centers, videos

Vation City (CNS) – All speeches and news that Pope Leo XIV has provided on the Vatican website since May 8, which should be checked before sharing alleged quotes and videos, said Vatican News.

The Vatican news page published the warning in several languages ​​on May 21 after a 36-minute “deep fake” -Ai-generated-on YouTube.

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Vatican news said that the contribution was “produced on Monday, May 12th with Pope Leo XIV's audience with journalists. A” morphing “technique was used to transform the image so that the movement of the lips matches the a-generated words.”

The video is just the latest example of social media counterfeits that are attributed to the new Pope.

A popular meme that circulates on Facebook, Instagram and other social media shows a photo of Pope Leo on May 8 and the fake quote: “You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of the kings. A leader who mocks the weak who increase themselves, and the innocent are not sent by God.” And many fail. “

According to Snopes.com, the earliest publication of the alleged quote on May 14, but there is no evidence that the Pope said it.

The Vatican website – www.vatican.va – offers papal texts, including the texts of video messages, in several languages, which are often Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Arabic, Chinese and Latin.