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Pope Francis deepfake (Dec 2024)
Multiple deepfake images of Pope Francis have been generated and circulated online. These include images showing him with Madonna, wearing a Balenciaga puffer jacket, holding a Pride flag, on a beach, and with his…
- Incident date
- Dec 2024
- Target
- Pope Francis
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Multiple deepfake images of Pope Francis have been generated and circulated online. These include images showing him with Madonna, wearing a Balenciaga puffer jacket, holding a Pride flag, on a beach, and with his face merged with that of an alleged murderer. The images were created using both paid platforms like Krea.ai and freely available models like Stable Diffusion. The creator, RickDick, stated that the images were intended as satire.