The claim
Pope Leo XIV is said to have responded to a letter of Burkina Faso junta leader Ibrahim Traore in a video posted to YouTube. "I have read your words not once, but many times (…), because in your voice I have heard not merely the anger of a president, but the righteous cry of a continent long wounded by the dual blades of neglect and exploitation," the Pope is quoted in the video that's been shared in part on other social media platforms such as X.
Original review summary
DW found that the video used footage from a May 12 papal audience with journalists and altered it with lip-syncing to match AI-generated audio. The channel’s disclaimer says the video is fictional and its dialogues do not reflect actual events.[S1]
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- [S1] DW original review
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