New Pope Declassifies Jesus Crucifixion Documents
VATICAN— In an effort to bring openness and transparency to his role as supreme pontiff, Pope Leo XIV vowed Friday that 'the truth will finally be revealed' as he issued an order fully declassifying the Church's Jesus Crucifixion Documents. 'Ever since Christ was executed in broad daylight in the middle of Golgotha, questions have swirled about the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, but no longer,' said the Bishop Of Rome, confirming that hundreds of unredacted pages of biblical apocrypha could finally provide credence to the so-called 'second stabber' theory that suggested there were multiple Romans that day plunging their spears into Christ's side. 'Of course, Judas Iscariot has historically been blamed for the whole thing, but what if he was just a patsy? Isn't it just a little too convenient that he 'hanged himself' immediately after the crucifixion, meaning no one could ask him what really happened? And what was Mary Magdalene doing there that day when she was scheduled to be in Galilee? Once you begin pulling at this thread, bigger and bigger questions emerge: Was it even really Jesus Christ who emerged from the cave after three days, or did the Roman leaders make a swap at the last second with another resurrected dead person? Reasonable people have been questioning these inconsistencies for centuries, and it's long past time that we finally had a definitive answer.' The pope added that his next official act would be to clear the name of the snake who was nothing more than a fall guy for the dangerous power brokers running Eden.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
New York Times
12-06-2025
- New York Times
Enzo Staiola, Who Starred in ‘Bicycle Thieves' as a Child, Dies at 85
Enzo Staiola, who played the staunch 8-year-old accompanying his father on a quest to recover a stolen bicycle in Vittorio De Sica's classic 1948 film, 'Bicycle Thieves,' died on June 4 in Rome. He was 85. His death, in a hospital, was widely reported in the Italian press. The father's character, played by a sad-eyed real-life factory worker, Lamberto Maggiorani, is the star of the film, which was originally released in the United States as 'The Bicycle Thief' and is routinely cited as one of the greatest films of all time. But Mr. Staiola (pronounced STY-ola), who played the child, Bruno, is in many ways the emotional center of De Sica's work, which is considered a founding document of Italian neorealism and 'a fundamental staging post in the history of the European cinema,' the film historian Robert S.C. Gordon wrote in his 2008 book, 'Bicycle Thieves.' The story, set in impoverished postwar Rome, revolves around Antonio Ricci, Mr. Maggiorani's struggling character, who must get his bicycle back to keep his new job hanging advertising bills around the city. The job requires the use of a bicycle. But he must also retrieve the bike to avoid disappointing his trusting son. The character of Bruno is portrayed with poise and vulnerability by a little boy who, until then, had been more interested in playing soccer in his working-class Roman neighborhood than in acting. The father's quest, unfolding through a series of sharply etched mishaps in the streets of the city, takes on weight for the audience as the despair becomes not just that of an adult but also of a plucky boy with expressive eyes, the young Mr. Staiola. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
New York Times
12-06-2025
- New York Times
Church Leaders Shaken After a Man Was Detained in Their Parking Lot
A group of armed men in face coverings detained a Latino man outside a church in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey and took him away on Wednesday, in what pastors believed was a federal immigration raid. The Rev. Tanya Lopez, senior pastor of Downey Memorial Christian Church, said she was in her office on Wednesday when three SUVs with tinted windows pulled up to her church. Then, Ms. Lopez said, five men, some wearing badges and tan bulletproof vests that said 'POLICE,' rushed out of the vehicles and detained a man in the parking lot. The men, Ms. Lopez said, refused to identify which agency they worked for, and they did not share their names or badge numbers when asked. Their vehicles had out-of-state license plates. They also did not provide a warrant, she said. They took the man into a black SUV. And, Ms. Lopez said that as she shouted instructions in Spanish to the man inside the vehicle, an agent drew a rifle at her. 'It came across as essentially a final warning, to step back,' Ms. Lopez said, adding that the men then laughed at her and 'started cracking up.' She said she did not know the man and believed him to be someone just passing by the church at the time. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
Fact Check: Don't fall for photos of Pope Leo XIV tumbling down stairs
Claim: In June 2025, a series of photographs authentically showed Pope Leo XIV falling down stairs. Rating: In 2025, a set of photographs allegedly depicting Pope Leo XIV falling down stairs circulated online. For example, one Facebook post (archived) by the account Daily Bible Verse shared three images, one of the pope waving to the crowd as he walked down stairs and two of him falling down stairs: The same photos appeared several times on Facebook (archived) and Threads (archived). However, the story was fictional. A Google search (archived) and a Google News search (archived) revealed no reputable news outlet reported this incident. Of the three images, one showing the pope waving was most likely authentic. The photo started circulating online on May 21, 2025, after the pope's first weekly general audience. Similar photos from that event appeared on the same day in the same setting from reputable news agencies such as Getty Images, NurPhoto and The Associated Press, and artificial intelligence detectors indicated it was not AI-generated. But there were visual clues that the two smaller images showing the pope falling were unlikely to be real. For example, Leo's face in them was blurry and elongated. His position as he fell also appeared to change from image to image — falling backward in the first image and then falling forward in the second — in a way that seemed physically implausible. Snopes ran the images through two different artificial intelligence image detectors, Decopy and Undetectable, both of which determined the images of the pope falling were AI-generated. The pinned comment on the Daily Bible Verse post linked to a website with an article that appeared to have little to do with the photographs. It read: According to multiple eyewitnesses, a piece of ceremonial technology—possibly a small microphone transmitter or liturgical device—detached unexpectedly from Pope Leo's vestment and fell near the altar. The moment was brief, almost imperceptible to many in the crowd, but cameras caught it. Within minutes, social media platforms exploded with theories, commentary, and metaphor-laden interpretations. Snopes ran the text of the article through two AI text detectors, Quillbot and GPTZero, both of which concluded it was AI-generated — a clue that the website in question was a junk content farm filled with so-called "AI slop." Snopes often fact-checks fake and altered images of well-known people; see, for example, our story on an edited image of tech billionaire Elon Musk's chest and a fact check debunking an image of United Healthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione wearing a "Sailor Moon" costume. Ibrahim, Nur. "Fake Photo Shows Luigi Mangione in 'Sailor Moon' Costume." Snopes, 16 Dec. 2024, Accessed 10 June 2025. Liles, Jordan. "Photo of Elon Musk Altered to Increase His Chest and Stomach Size." Snopes, 11 Nov. 2024, Accessed 10 June 2025.
