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Catholic leaders/Pope Francis deepfake (May 2025)
An AI-generated image shared by President Donald Trump depicting himself as the next pope has sparked condemnation from Catholic officials. The image showed Mr. Trump wearing papal attire, and was posted after Mr.…
- Incident date
- May 2025
- Target
- Catholic leaders/Pope Francis
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
An AI-generated image shared by President Donald Trump depicting himself as the next pope has sparked condemnation from Catholic officials. The image showed Mr. Trump wearing papal attire, and was posted after Mr. Trump’s joke about wanting to be pope after the death of Pope Francis. Catholic leaders labeled it “deeply offensive,” “sad,” and “unfortunate.”