“Video shows Pope Francis after being discharged from the hospital in February 2025.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 28 Feb 2025.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
The video clips were taken during Pope Francis' general audience in Vatican City's Paul VI Hall on Aug. 21, 2024, not after the Pontiff's supposedly discharge from a hospital in Rome this February.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 February 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 6 March 2025, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1332041304664835
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