Fact Check: Did Pope Leo Give a 36-Minute Speech Praising the Leader of Burkina Faso?

Fact check: Did Pope Leo give a 36-minute speech praising the leader of Burkina Faso?

Pope Leo XIV speaks to participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, May 19, 2025 / 14:34 pm (CNA). A 36-minute video purporting to show Pope Leo... [...]

Fact check: Did Pope Leo give a speech praising the leader of Burkina Faso?

Pope Leo XIV speaks to participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, May 19, 2025 / 14:34 pm (CNA). A 36-minute video purporting to show Pope Leo XIV reading a statement denouncing colonialism and praising Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the 37-year-old leader of Burkina Faso, has garnered nearly a million views on YouTube as of Monday.  Claim: Pope Leo XI…

Fact Check: Did Pope Leo Give a 36-Minute Speech Praising the Leader of Burkina Faso?

Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV speaks to participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. The video is by no means the first AI-generated, fake video of the newly elected Pope Leo to make the rounds online

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Fact check: Did Pope Leo XIV give a 36-minute speech praising the leader of Burkina Faso?

A 36-minute video purporting to show Pope Leo XIV reading a statement denouncing colonialism and praising Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the 37-year-old leader of Burkina Faso, has garnered nearly a million views on YouTube as of Monday.  Claim: Pope Leo XIV is shown seated in the Paul VI Audience Hall reading from a paper. In an apparent response to a purported speech from Ibrahim Traoré, Pope Leo XIV appears to address the Catholic Church’s historica…