Catholic Church

Were 20 Catholic priests who were killed in a plane crash in Cuba connected to a Vatican pedophile ring? No, that's not true: the site making the claim has a habbit of taking bits and pieces of real news articles and adding invented claims in the headline and first paragraphs in order to attract traffic and advertising revenue. The claim…

Did muslim immigrants attack a Catholic church during mass in Seine-Saint-Denis in France? No, they didn't, despite what is claimed in the caption below a controversial Facebook video posted by a page with the name "News World". We've embedded the post below: It was published on March 20, 2018 and had following caption: "Saint-Denis (France) Muslim immigrants attack a Catholic…

An article on YourNewsWire claims Pope Francis has "forgiven" the oddly specific number of 4,444 pedophile priests in Australia. As usual with articles on that site the headline "Pope Francis Forgives 4,444 Pedophile Priests In Australia" bears only limited resemblance to what really happened. It was published originally on February 27th 2018 (archived here) and opened: An inquiry in Sydney…

Did Pope Francis really declare Bernie Sanders, a Jewish Socialist Democrat from Brooklyn, to be the "most Christian" candidate for President of the United States? And was it really because both Jesus and Bernie were once Jewish carpenters? Of course not. But you may have seen the 'news' online if one of your friends shared this satirical piece from the…