Paris, April 21, 2025 (AFP) - Francis, a pope for the internet age

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2025-04-21

As an at-times unwitting star on social media, Pope Francis knew how to exploit the internet to preach the gospel, broadening the Church's appeal while modernising its communications. Yet the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, who died on Monday, likewise regularly warned against the scourge of disinformation, and in recent years took aim at the possible perils of artificial intelligence. It was his predecessor Benedict XVI who created t......

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