2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (595+ words) In late June 2026, people alleged a video showed a Tucson, Arizona, church congregation worshipping a Pride flag. That clip features parishioners raising their hands in the air and singing a "Hallelujah" hymn. During the song, they face in the direction…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (854+ words) In June 2026, a rumor circulated online alleging that former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned from her post as national intelligence director in May 2026, had been operating under the influence of a "guru" during her time in Congress. Social media users…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (793+ words) A rumor spread in 2026 that decades earlier, a Jewish cantor — someone who sings and leads and congregation in prayer — reached out to a Ku Klux Klan leader who had been harassing him and their subsequent friendship led the former klansman…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1059+ words) On May 25, 2026, the Holy See published Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas" ("Magnificent Humanity"), a lengthy missive focusing on "safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence." In both the encyclical and a speech delivered the same…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (359+ words) The video circulating online was generated by artificial intelligence. Leo has promoted peace and coexistence with other religions, but he has not actually said, "Islam is a religion of peace we can learn from." In late May 2026, a video circulated…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (353+ words) In late April 2026, a rumor circulated on social media claiming Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman converted to Christianity after NASA's moon mission. Some posts spreading the rumor cited emotional remarks he made about seeing a cross on a Navy chaplain's…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (552+ words) Leo is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Peru, and served in Peru for much of his life as a missionary and then a bishop. Social media users only shared the very beginning of his longer answer from a July…...