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OAITW r.2.0

(33,033 posts) Sun Jul 5, 2026, 10:01 PM 5 hrs ago

Pope Leo XIV Said Just Three Words to the Cardinals -- and Every One of Them Turned Pale

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I'm a Jesuit educated white male, that is also a 50 year long practicing Ex-Catholic.

But, holy smokes, Pope Leo seems to be shaking up the entire foundation of the Catholic Church business model. Worth a watch. I'm liking this guy's approach. 1st, get your own house in order....than 2nd, go after the real evils in this world.

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Pope Leo XIV Said Just Three Words to the Cardinals -- and Every One of Them Turned Pale (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 5 hrs ago OP

fuck this AI slop WhiskeyGrinder 5 hrs ago #1

Whoa, so no factual basis to this? OAITW r.2.0 5 hrs ago #3

What is "Tales of Peace"? Who does the reporting for it? Who are their sources? WhiskeyGrinder 5 hrs ago #8

Thanks for the warning. I hate watching videos anyway and especially with no textual synopsis. erronis 5 hrs ago #5

I agree with your last sentence 100% SCantiGOP 3 hrs ago #17

so what were the words? msongs 5 hrs ago #2

"I know everything." OAITW r.2.0 5 hrs ago #4

And AI really wants you to believe it is real. erronis 5 hrs ago #6

UPDATE! Thanks for the spoiler. usonian 5 hrs ago #7

OAITW, you should ALWAYS check out the entire YouTube channel. That one has 232 videos posted in 5 months, highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #9

Too good to be true, I guess. OAITW r.2.0 4 hrs ago #10

PLEASE at least edit your OP title to explain you were tricked by AI slop, and ask people to check out highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #11

why are the fans singing wonderwall? and "again"? nt orleans 4 hrs ago #12

They've started using that Oasis song as an anthem when England wins. highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #13

thanks for that link. that was really interesting. (i always liked that song -- good times, good memories) nt orleans 3 hrs ago #14

It's a good song, and I'm delighted it's being used this way. Btw, I've posted a lot about highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #19

Gotcha,,,but I'd like some kind of factual confirmation that this never happened. OAITW r.2.0 3 hrs ago #15

Just look at the videos at highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #18

I just posted this OP to help people. highplainsdem 2 hrs ago #21

The transcript certainly reads like fiction. summer_in_TX 3 hrs ago #16

Tales of Peace according to Google AI Overview Wiz Imp 2 hrs ago #20

So AI is good at making clickbait? Aussie105 2 hrs ago #22

WhiskeyGrinder

(27,423 posts)

1. fuck this AI slop

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 10:06 PM

5 hrs ago

OAITW r.2.0

(33,033 posts)

3. Whoa, so no factual basis to this?

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 10:11 PM

5 hrs ago

I know this had AI, but I assumed the basic facts are true.

WhiskeyGrinder

(27,423 posts)

8. What is "Tales of Peace"? Who does the reporting for it? Who are their sources?

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 10:38 PM

5 hrs ago

In no universe am I watching a 30-minute video (or even a 5-minute one), but looking at the transcript I see this:

His secretary asked if he needed anything. Leo shook his head. Then he said something. his secretary would later describe as the most chilling sentence he had ever heard from the pope. Tomorrow, Leo said, they will understand that the shepherd knows his flock. All of it.

That folder had arrived 48 hours earlier. It was hand delivered to the Pope's private residence by a Vatican official whose identity has not been publicly confirmed. No appointment was logged. No record exists of the visit. What is known is that the material came from deep inside the secretariat of state from someone who had been quietly gathering information for over 6 months.

Says who? Says who. In addition, the style of writing is identical to any of those breathless and utterly false AI Facebook posts about Tom Hanks or Cher or Michelle Obama clapping back at Kayleigh McEnany or Stephen Miller or Kid Rock. It's all garbage.

erronis

(25,099 posts)

5. Thanks for the warning. I hate watching videos anyway and especially with no textual synopsis.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 10:19 PM

5 hrs ago

I wish posters would at least vet their stuff before posting.

Perhaps DU could add a flag to hide the video section on the home page since it has become mostly trash?

SCantiGOP

(14,794 posts)

17. I agree with your last sentence 100%

Reply to erronis (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 12:25 AM

3 hrs ago

👍

msongs

(74,588 posts)

2. so what were the words?

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 10:10 PM

5 hrs ago

OAITW r.2.0

(33,033 posts)

4. "I know everything."

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 10:19 PM

5 hrs ago

Pope seems to be going after segments of the institutional Church that are actively sabotaging the Pope's agenda.

But, I guess, this could be AI make believe. I wanna believe that this is real.

erronis

(25,099 posts)

6. And AI really wants you to believe it is real.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 10:22 PM

5 hrs ago

AI don't care about faith or belief or trust. And it is so easily created by "evil" actors.

usonian

(27,336 posts)

7. UPDATE! Thanks for the spoiler.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 10:30 PM

5 hrs ago

I appreciate it.
Transcript here:
https://pastebin.com/raw/YqDtVFWr

Scio omnia

highplainsdem

(63,875 posts)

9. OAITW, you should ALWAYS check out the entire YouTube channel. That one has 232 videos posted in 5 months,

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 10:43 PM

4 hrs ago

all supposedly inside info, all marked as urgent and/or as something that happened only minutes ago.

All AI-generated bullshit. Pure clickbait.

Damn the people posting this crap, and the unethical AI companies with their illegally trained tools that are filling the internet with AI slop and misinformation and disinformation.

https://youtube.com/@TalesofPeace-s9t

OAITW r.2.0

(33,033 posts)

10. Too good to be true, I guess.

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #9)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 11:06 PM

4 hrs ago

Rather than deleting, I'll keep it up so people can see how it AI works.

highplainsdem

(63,875 posts)

11. PLEASE at least edit your OP title to explain you were tricked by AI slop, and ask people to check out

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #10)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 11:21 PM

4 hrs ago

YouTube channels to look for signs that they're posting AI slop.

This is the third such channel posted here today. The first I saw was an AI slop channel posting videos about earthquakes - videos filled with errors.

Then there was a video from an AI channel posting nothing but fake statements from Bill Clinton, using an AI copy of his voice.

And now this channel that tricked you...

Oh, well. I watched England beat Mexico anyway, and when England won the fans sang Wonderwall again.

orleans

(37,548 posts)

12. why are the fans singing wonderwall? and "again"? nt

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #11)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 11:29 PM

4 hrs ago

highplainsdem

(63,875 posts)

13. They've started using that Oasis song as an anthem when England wins.

Reply to orleans (Reply #12)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 11:36 PM

4 hrs ago

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/04/wonderwall-england-world-cup-anthem

orleans

(37,548 posts)

14. thanks for that link. that was really interesting. (i always liked that song -- good times, good memories) nt

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #13)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 11:56 PM

3 hrs ago

highplainsdem

(63,875 posts)

19. It's a good song, and I'm delighted it's being used this way. Btw, I've posted a lot about

Reply to orleans (Reply #14)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 12:38 AM

3 hrs ago

Oasis in Music Appreciation, which I host, since their reunion tour started a year ago yesterday.

OAITW r.2.0

(33,033 posts)

15. Gotcha,,,but I'd like some kind of factual confirmation that this never happened.

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #11)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 12:14 AM

3 hrs ago

highplainsdem

(63,875 posts)

18. Just look at the videos at

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #15)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 12:33 AM

3 hrs ago

https://youtube.com/@TalesofPeace-s9t

No real.insider is going to be posting clickbait videos every day that all say Breaking News and URGENT! THREE MINUTES AGO! with lots of ridiculous tabloidy clickbait titles.

Usually just how ridiculous these channels are is obvious when you look at the page with all of them, instead of just one you run into in isolation.

Those videos may sometimes touch on something that actually happened - in which case the actual news about the pope would probably have been posted in LBN.

But you shouldn't believe anything in that AI slop that wasn't reported by real news organizations. It's a waste of time to watch AI-generated clickbait videos.

highplainsdem

(63,875 posts)

21. I just posted this OP to help people.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #15)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 12:43 AM

2 hrs ago

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221352702

summer_in_TX

(4,390 posts)

16. The transcript certainly reads like fiction.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 12:20 AM

3 hrs ago

Wiz Imp

(10,951 posts)

20. Tales of Peace according to Google AI Overview

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 12:39 AM

2 hrs ago

The Tales of Peace YouTube channel (@TalesofPeace-s9t) is a Catholic-focused platform with over 56,000 subscribers. It publishes narrative-driven videos, often using AI-generated or manipulated audio to present sensational, "behind-the-scenes" stories and supposed private revelations within the Vatican.

Much of the channel's content focuses on dramatic, fabricated, or heavily embellished sermons and warnings attributed to "Pope Leo XIV". Viewers should be aware that similar accounts on YouTube have previously faced platform suspensions for deceptive practices and spreading unverified or fraudulent claims.

Aussie105

(8,388 posts)

22. So AI is good at making clickbait?

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 12:46 AM

2 hrs ago

Duly noted.

No surprise to anyone that someone with an agenda - whatever that might be - would be motivated to do so.

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