Pope Francis

Australians protest clergy sexual abuse outside St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to celebrate World Youth Day in 2008.

[praised](https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/francis-clergy-abuse-law-vos-estis-isnt-working-heres-how-fix-it) as "revolutionary" and a major step forward in turning a corner on clergy sexual abuse and its cover-up. [used](https://www.bishop-accountability.org/bishops-investigated-under-vos-estis-lux-mundi-2/) in at least 40 cases, including 11 in the United States and 16 in Poland. In addition to expanding the law to hold lay leaders of Vatican-approved associations accountable, the updated version clarifies that dioceses and eparchies must have an "organization or office" for cases to be reported (rather than the 2019 requirement of a "stable system"). It tells bishops that they do not have to report child molestation to civil authorities unless they are mandated to do so under local law. And it limits lay involvement to roles that are fragmented and powerless," she said in a statement. He met with the victims of abuse in Australia and in the U.S. Once a report is submitted, the metropolitan must request approval from the Vatican to conduct an investigation, according to the norms. This is not just a matter of a sin. It keeps bishops in control of investigating and judging allegations against fellow bishops. It omits any requirement to inform the public. "This is not just a Church matter. I don't think so," remarked Zollner

The Pope himself came under huge scrutiny in 2018 after the global church sex abuse scandal made headlines again, and was even accused of covering up some ...

It also holds bishops directly accountable for any abuse they commit themselves or cover-up. [Abuse of nuns included 'sexual slavery'](https://news.sky.com/story/nuns-are-still-being-sexually-abused-by-priests-pope-francis-admits-11629309) [Child abuse covered up by Pennsylvania priests](https://news.sky.com/story/child-abuse-including-rape-by-hundreds-of-priests-in-pennsylvania-was-covered-up-11473047) [Estimated 330,000 victims in French Catholic church](https://news.sky.com/story/estimated-330-000-victims-of-child-sex-abuse-in-french-catholic-church-since-1950-commission-finds-12426390) [he himself came under huge scrutiny](https://news.sky.com/story/words-are-not-enough-on-abuse-even-if-they-are-swear-words-11482429) in 2018 after the global church sex abuse scandal made headlines again, and was even accused of having known about certain allegations and helping to cover them up. Speaking in 2019, he vowed to confront the "destructive evil" of child sex abuse within the Catholic church. [landmark decree in 2019](https://news.sky.com/story/sex-abuse-claims-must-be-reported-immediately-pope-francis-decrees-11678085) that made it obligatory for all priests and members of religious orders to report any suspicions of abuse. The Pope himself came under huge scrutiny in 2018 after the global church sex abuse scandal made headlines again, and was even accused of covering up some allegations.

Francis has underlined that 'crimes of sexual abuse offend Our Lord, cause physical, psychological and spiritual harm to the victims and harm the community ...

“Among the changes is a further clarification of who the victims of abuse are. According to the law, the metropolitan archbishop conducts the investigation into a suffragan bishop with a mandate from the Holy See. In the papal apostolic letter, Francis underlined that “crimes of sexual abuse offend Our Lord, cause physical, psychological and spiritual harm to the victims and harm the community of the faithful.” Bishops' conferences may establish funds to support these investigations. In the apostolic letter signed on the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, Pope Francis wrote that it is “good that procedures are universally adopted to prevent and combat these crimes that betray the trust of the faithful.” Francis has underlined that ‘crimes of sexual abuse offend Our Lord, cause physical, psychological and spiritual harm to the victims and harm the community of the faithful.’

Pope Francis permanently decreed Saturday an updated version of Vos estis lux mundi, his landmark legislation to counter sexual abuse in the Catholic ...

“Among the changes is a further clarification of who the victims of abuse are. We provide news from Africa, as seen through the teachings of the Catholic Church - so that you can grow in your Catholic faith. In the pope’s apostolic letter, Francis underlined that “crimes of sexual abuse offend Our Lord, cause physical, psychological and spiritual harm to the victims and harm the community of the faithful.” “So, it's a clear indication that the Holy Father is going to hold people responsible, not only those who have committed abuse, but those in authority who have responsibility for handling them in a way that protects victims and gives justice to victims.” “I think that this document is a clear indication that the Holy Father is saying that people in authority in the Church are going to be held responsible for how they handle [abuse],” Cupich said in an The new norms call for the presumption of innocence of all those who are under investigation and to safeguard “the legitimate protection of the good name and privacy of all persons involved, as well as the confidentiality of personal data.”

Have you seen that photo of Pope Francis wearing a gigantic white puffer coat? It's been going viral on social media platforms like Reddit and Twitter over ...

Midjourney has tremendous difficulty generating hands, and this image of the Pope is no different—however, it seems like a safe bet that this won’t be the case forever. But fake photos have been around since the And Trump even shared a fake AI-generated image of himself [kneeling down to pray](https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/03/23/donald-trump-shares-fake-ai-created-image-of-himself-on-truth-social/). These AI image generators, which also include OpenAI’s DALL-E and Stable Diffusion, allow anyone to simply describe the image they want to see using text. There’s no denying what these new super-powerful software programs have been looking at to create their images. [getting arrested](https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/03/19/viral-images-of-donald-trump-getting-arrested-are-totally-fake/).

Another AI-generated image has taken social media by storm. After pictures of former US president Trump's arrest went viral earlier this month, an image of.

However, many pointed out the fact that his hands have not been replicated correctly by the AI tool. No way am I surviving the future of technology," she said on the micro-blogging platform. Another AI-generated image has taken social media by storm.

The image, created by an AI (artificial intelligence) image generator, portrays the head of the Catholic Church wearing a pristine long-line puffer coat over ...

Viral images created by AI have already fooled millions on Twitter - and it could soon be even harder to distinguish truth from reality.

He said: “I genuinely laughed and thought what a weird thing for the Pope to wear, I didn’t even realise it was fake. That significantly changes what people believe to be true, and has implications for political positions and democratic processes.” He added: “Some of these images are already very, very hard to determine whether they are real or not. The images can also have a hyper-real “plasticky” quality that points to something being off. However, Mr Adjer said these inconsistencies could be ironed out within a space of months or years. [AI-based technology](https://inews.co.uk/news/google-bard-ai-chatbot-compete-microsoft-chatgpt-2224268?ico=in-line_link) that creates images from simple text prompts.

On March 25, 2023, a photo that appeared to show 86-year-old Pope Francis out and about in a fashionable, white puffer jacket went viral on social media.

[deepfake](https://www.snopes.com/articles/423004/how-to-spot-a-deepfake/) image created via artificial intelligence (AI). [Midjourney](https://www.midjourney.com/home/) is an app that generates images from natural-language prompts (much like [DALL-E](https://openai.com/product/dall-e-2), another well-known AI image-generating app). The image above was part of a [gallery](https://www.reddit.com/gallery/120vhdc) comprising four different views of the pope in a puffy coat. [Stormy Daniels hush-money case](https://www.snopes.com/list/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-rumors/) prompted a flood of [deepfake images](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-getting-arrested-ai-image/) on social media positing imaginative scenarios surrounding such an arrest. It originally appeared on Reddit in the [r/midjourney](https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/120vhdc/the_pope_drip/) subreddit. [Pope Francis](https://www.snopes.com/tag/pope-francis/) out and about in a fashionable white puffer jacket went viral on social media.

The image features Pope Francis outside wearing his zucchetto skull cap and with a crucifix hanging outside the large white coat, which is not unlike something ...

This was after images of Trump being [ 'arrested'](https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/donald-trump-arrest-ai-photo-2659635012) also went viral. [Sign up](https://www.independent.co.uk/newsletters?itm_channel=native&itm_campaign=footer&itm_audience=prospecting&itm_content=newsletters) for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter In his white hand appears to be a plastic bag of some kind.