A quote attributed to the new Pope is circulating widely online, but we could find no evidence he actually said this.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Pope Leo XIV Turning Away From Pride Flag — It’s The "Pace" (Peace) Flag
Does a video posted to social media show Pope Leo XIV turning away from a Pride flag as he moves through a receiving line? No, that's not true: It's not a Pride flag but a flag commonly flown at Italian peace marches that says "PACE," whi
The Dispatch→ Pope Leo XIV and a New Age of ‘New Things’
Why looking back to the last Leo would be good for this one.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Pope Leo XIV Said "Be Woke" Or That Statement Containing That Phrase Is Authentic
Did Pope Leo XIV release a statement in which he said "Be woke"? No, that's not true: There is no trace of such a statement on the website of the Vatican and no news sources indexed by Google News have reported on it. Had such a statement
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Pope Leo XIV Was A ‘Celebrated’ Jazz Trombone player AKA ‘Bobby Prev’ In His Spare Time In Chicago
Did Robert Francis Prevost moonlight as "Bobby Prev", a "celebrated jazz trombonist" in Chicago who "headlined several jazz festivals in the '70s and '80s"? No, that's not true: The archives of the Chicago Tribune, which has long provided
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Headline About Pope Leo XIV And 2020 Anarchist ‘CHAZ’ Protest Did NOT Appear In New York Times — Location Wrong, Too
Did the New York Times publish a story headlined "Pope Leo XIV Was a Founding Member of the 2020 Anarchist Portland Autonomous Zone Known as CHAZ"? No, that's not true: A faked screenshot of such a headline also claimed Robert Francis Pre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Headline About Pope Leo XIV And 2020 Anarchist ‘CHAZ’ Protest Did NOT Appear In New York Times — Location Wrong, Too
Did the New York Times publish a story headlined "Pope Leo XIV Was a Founding Member of the 2020 Anarchist Portland Autonomous Zone Known as CHAZ"? No, that's not true: A faked screenshot of such a headline also claimed Robert Francis Pre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Pope Leo XIV Is NOT ‘Registered Republican’ — He Voted In Republican Primaries But Illinois Voters Needn’t Declare Party Affiliation When Registering
Does a viral image prove that the newly elected U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV is a "registered Republican" from Will County, Illinois? That omits some context: According to the Will County Clerk's Office file, the new Pope did vote in Republican
Lead Stories→ White Smoke: Cardinals Choose American Robert Prevost As Pope Leo XIV — What We Know So Far
Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, was chosen as successor to Pope Francis. Prevost, who becomes the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church, has chosen the name Leo XIV. (Source: Lead Stories' screenshot of Vatican TV)
Snopes→ Actor Allison Mack Gets 3 Years in NXIVM Sex-Slave Case
TV actor Allison Mack, who played a key role in the scandal-ridden, cult-like group NXIVM, was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday on charges she manipulated women into becoming sex slaves for the group’s spiritual leader.
Snopes→ Did Louis XIV’s Birth Fetish Change Modern Obstetrics?
Rumor has it the Sun King was known as a womanizer who enjoyed viewing the labor process unobstructed.
Snopes→ NXIVM Sex-Cult Head Keith Raniere Gets 120 Years in Prison
U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis called Raniere “ruthless and unyielding” in crimes that were “particularly egregious” because he targeted young girls and young women.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Whistleblower Who Exposed Clinton’s Ties To NXIVM LIKELY NOT Missing, Feared Dead
The alleged connection between NXIVM and Hillary Clinton has been a popular conspiracy theory for weeks since a Seattle man claimed he saw Clinton aide Huma Abedine and her ex-husband and former congressman Anthony Weiner at a sex cult "mixer"
FactCheck.org→ Clare Bronfman, Part of NXIVM, Not a Clinton Aide
Q: Was Clare Bronfman an aide to Hillary Clinton — and was she indicted for child sex trafficking? A: No. A false story is based on speculation that Bronfman could be indicted in relation to an alleged sex cult. But she never worked for Clinton. F
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Research Paper Did NOT Show Pfizer COVID Vaccine Increased Death Risk by 36%, Killed 470,000 in America
Did Florida statistics show that the Pfizer COVID vaccine "likely KILLED over 470,000 Americans" and "increased your risk of death by at least 36%"? No, that's not true: A draft research paper found only that those who got the Pfizer vacc
Lead Stories→ New Pope, New Conspiracies, But At The Speed Of Social Media
ROME - That puff of white from atop the Sistine Chapel has long been a starting gun for conspiracists. With a new character in the story, they proclaim they alone tell the truth about dark forces playing pontifical puppeteers. These stori
PolitiFact→ X posts – Fact-check: Is new pope linked to anarchist zone as viral headline claims?
Headline said, “Pope Leo XIV was a founding member of the 2020 anarchist Portland Autonomous Zone known as CHAZ.”
The Dispatch→ From the Windy City to the Chair of St. Peter
Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Robert Prevost, is the first American pope.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cleveland Clinic Study Did NOT ‘Reveal’ That The 2024/2025 Flu Shot Increases Flu Risk — Vaccine Ineffective, But Not Cause Of Infections
Does a draft paper by scientists at The Cleveland Clinic "reveal" that the 2024/2025 flu shot increased the risk of flu, as social media posts claim? No, that's not true: This study's finding that vaccination was "associated with" a highe
FactCheck.org→ How to Combat Misinformation
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Misinformation is nothing new. It has, however, become ubiquitous and, in some cases, more difficult and time-consuming than ever to debunk. Photo by stokkete / stock.adobe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove March 2025 Discovery Of ‘600-Meter Deep’ Structures Under Giza Pyramids
Does a video confirm a March 2025 discovery of vertical structures that are just shy of 2,000 feet in depth and roughly 1.24 miles underneath Giza Pyramids? No, that's not true: The clip cited a paper that was three years old. It did not
Health Feedback→ “VAIDS” is not a real medical condition; causes of post-vaccination syndrome require more research
REVIEW A Facebook reel shared on 22 February 2025 claimed that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause “vaccine-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome” (VAIDS). The reel cited a study from Yale researchers that allegedly found these vaccines alter human biolog
Health Feedback→ New study from Brazil doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines increase risk of death in the long term
REVIEW Since their rollout in December 2020, the safety of COVID-19 vaccines has been a frequent target of misinformation. Science Feedback repeatedly addressed claims about the alleged dangers of these vaccines, showing that many such assertions we
Health Feedback→ Unvaccinated people died of COVID-19 at a higher rate than vaccinated people; vaccines prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths
REVIEW A series of Facebook posts from December 2024 questioned how “Billions of Unvaxxed people with NO Boosters are still alive”. This kind of loaded question is a typical example of the “just asking questions” tactic, which involves frami
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Could NOT Give Everyone On Earth $1 Billion And Still Have $172 Billion Left Over
Is Elon Musk so rich that he could give every person on Earth $1 billion and still have $172 billion left over? No, that's not true: A post that says this on social media puts Musk's wealth at $180 billion, which means he'd be broke after
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on the 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccines
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Updated COVID-19 vaccines targeting JN.1-lineage omicron variants of the coronavirus are now available in the U.S. for the fall and winter seasons. On Aug. 22, the Food and Drug
Health Feedback→ Peter McCullough misleads again about the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccines in viral interview
REVIEW In October 2024, a Facebook reel with more than half a million views showed cardiologist Peter McCullough claiming that “people are dying with these [COVID-19 vaccines]”. The reel shared a teaser of an interview between McCullough and Jos
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Post Claims ‘Little Boy’ Was ‘Found’ By Officers Across Multiple Counties — Bait & Switch
Have authorities in various towns and counties in the U.S. found a lost "little boy," approximately 2 years old, whose place of residence is unknown, as a post on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: This post, and others like it, are p
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on the Second International Mpox Emergency
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In 2022, mpox — a disease caused by the monkeypox virus, which is found in small mammals and has been known to infect people in parts of Africa for decades — burs
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake AI Image Of Shirtless Boxer Is NOT Imane Khelif — NOT Proof She Is Male
Does an image of a shirtless boxer in black briefs show new evidence that the Olympic women's boxing champion from Algeria, Imane Khelif, is really a man? No, that's not true: This photo is fake and was posted on X by an account that publ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Post That X Users Would Be Punished For Calling Trump Supporters ‘Weird’
Did majority X owner Elon Musk share a public message on July 30, 2024, that users of the social-media platform would be punished for calling supporters of former President Donald Trump weird? No, that's not true: As of this publication,
Health Feedback→ Contrary to headline by The People’s Voice, COVID-19 vaccines aren’t “killing millions” but instead prevented deaths
REVIEW On 31 May 2024, an article in The People’s Voice claimed “Japanese Leader Apologizes to the Unvaccinated: ‘You Were Right, Vaccines Are Killing Millions of Our Loved Ones'”. Posts sharing this headline made the rounds on
Health Feedback→ NHS data doesn’t support Epoch Times’ claim that myocarditis only occurs after COVID-19 vaccines
REVIEW Initial clinical trials demonstrated that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective against severe disease[1,2], leading to their authorization and approval by health authorities in many countries. Post-marketing surveillance confirmed that th
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines lowered excess deaths during the pandemic, contrary to headline by the Daily Telegraph
REVIEW From early in the COVID-19 pandemic, reliable and comparable figures on the deaths due to the disease were difficult to obtain. A proxy way of measuring this was to use excess deaths figures, which are calculated based on the difference betwe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Original Pinocchio Story Does NOT Say Gepetto Was Slave Master Who Made Puppet From Human Skin, Hair
Does the "real" story of Pinocchio include the details that Gepetto was a slave master who made a puppet from the skin and hair of human slaves? No, that's not true: The fictional story is about a puppet made from an enchanted piece of wo
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on H5N1 Bird Flu
On March 25, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that avian influenza had been detected in American dairy cattle. On April 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported that the agency had detected genetic material from the bird flu viru
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on Reducing COVID-19 Risk for Elderly, Immunocompromised
While the risks associated with COVID-19 generally have decreased over time due to prior exposure to the vaccines and the virus, some people remain at elevated risk, such as the elderly and immunocompromised. The updated COVID-19 vaccin
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Claim About Roe
In a video statement outlining his position on abortion, former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that “all legal scholars, both sides, wanted and in fact demanded” that Roe v. Wade “be ended.” Legal scholars told us that
Health Feedback→ Febrile seizures after COVID-19 vaccination are rare and aren’t linked to long-term health problems, contrary to implication in Gateway Pundit article
REVIEW Monitoring the safety of vaccines once they are rolled out to the general population is an essential part of the vaccine development process. Doing this allows scientists to continually evaluate that a vaccine’s safety profile matches the r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Marine Officer Said ‘I Have Spent Over 15 Years On Mars In Secret Space Program’ — NO Humans Have Set Foot On Mars As Of March 2024
Did a U.S. Marine Officer spend over 15 years on Mars in a secret space program? No, that's not true: A NASA spokesperson told Lead Stories that NASA has "not yet sent humans to Mars" and has a goal of "having astronauts walk on Mars by 2