Claim : Pope Francis Declares God Hates Antivaxxers!
People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that Pope Francis just declared that God hates antivaxxers!
Here is an excerpt of that long and (intentionally???) confusing article:
Truth : Pope Francis Did Not Declare God Hates Antivaxxers!
This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Pope Francis Did Not Declare God Hates Antivaxxers!
Let me start by simply pointing out that Pope Francis never once declared that God hates antivaxxers.
If Pope Francis actually said that, it would have been reported all over the world. Yet, there no legitimate news report that Pope Francis ever made such remarks.
Pope Francis clearly said that people had the “choice” of whether to get vaccinated or not. He merely stated, in his opinion, that being against the vaccine was “an almost suicidal act of denial“.
Pope Francis also never labelled people who refused to take the COVID-19 vaccines as “heretics”.
Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article provided no evidence to back up its “fact checked” claim.
Fact #2 : Vatican Visitors No Longer Need Green Pass
The People’s Voice article claimed that Vatican visitors must show a “Super Green Pass” in order to enter. That’s not accurate.
On 2 June 2022, the Vatican issued a decree allowing most employees and visitors to enter without a vaccination certificate, or proof of recovery.
Fact #3 : Vatican Visitors Do Not Need Face Masks
The People’s Voice article also claimed that Pope Francis required visitors to wear “FFP2 and N95 masks in all enclosed spaces on Vatican territory, and he does not permit religious exemption to vaccination or masks“. That is also not accurate.
The same 2 June 2022 decree removed the face mask requirement at the Vatican City – wearing face masks indoors, or at large gatherings were no longer required. It only “strongly recommended” that employees and visitors wear a face mask indoors, or at large gatherings.
The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.
Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.
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