On Oct. 21, 2016, less than three weeks before the U.S. presidential election, a website called WTOE 5 News published the headline, “Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald Trump for ...

Pope Francis defended the importance of truth and media literacy against "fake news" but misinformation found him, from a viral fake endorsement of Trump in 2016 to the 2023 puffer coat image ...

Pope Leo XIV says tech companies developing artificial ... In that statement — which came months after an AI-generated image of Francis in a puffy coat went viral — he raised ...

Like the new pope's coat of arms when he was cardinal, the shield is divided diagonally into two sections, each depicting an emblem, known as a charge in heraldic terminology.

Pope Leo XIV has announced his motto and coat of arms – a long-held tradition for those in the ranks of bishops, cardinals and popes. The choice of symbols and words reflects the person’s ...

An AI image of Pope Francis' likeness in a white puffer coat went viral in 2023. Midjourney. The feature was one of Esquire’s best-performing stories for months, according to Berlinger, ...

Left unsaid was his starring role in fabricated and manipulated content over the last decade, from the 2016 presidential election that popularized the term "fake news" to the papal puffer coat ...

Pope Leo XIV says tech companies developing artificial intelligence should abide by an “ethical criterion” that respects human dignity. AI must take “into account the well-being of the human ...

In March 2023, the inciting papal misinformation moment was visual: photos of Francis stepping out in a white Balenciaga-style puffer coat, with a matching white skull cap.