The viral positions on X and other social networks alleged that the Vatican prevented African citizens from approaching the body of Pope Francis to pay tribute to his body in the state.
The articles share a video of a black man in the saint-Pierre basilica arguing with someone else off screen, before being escorted by security, while other Vatican visitors have watched.
The video is accompanied by legends accusing the Holy See of blocking Africans of farewell to Pope Francis, some saying that this is equivalent to racism.
However, it is not true – the Saint -Pierre basilica was open to everyone, with tens of thousands of nets to see its open coffin, including Africans.
People were able to see the late pontiff lying between April 23 to 25, after his death on April 21, Easter Monday. His funeral took place last Saturday, when he was buried at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore or Saint Mary Major in Rome.
An inverted image search from a calm from the video shows that it was put online until April 22, one day before the start of the state and the day after the death of Pope Francis.
This is still despite some media saying that the events displayed in the video occurred while the Pope's body was exposed to the public.
The reverse image search also takes us to Local Italian news reportswhich was also published on April 22.
They say that the man seemed to bypass the security checks and the large queue of the faithful who had laid out to offer a farewell to the bishop of Rome before the start of the state.
Community notes on certain articles X also say that man is known to people living in the region, and that it often causes a disturbance but is ultimately harmless.
There are no credible sources suggesting that anyone who has been denied access to see his body in the field of his country or from their origin or the color of their skin, including the lack of such an announcement of the Vatican itself.
During his life and even in death, Pope Francis was in the sky by false claims and disinformation.
Often, a target of Faced Fakederge Ai-Ai, the late pontiff has regularly issued warnings concerning the abusive use of artificial intelligence. In one of his Final prayers In April, it focused on technology and urged its use for the good and the benefit of humanity.
