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By Vatican News

鈥淭o His Excellency President Ibrahim Traoré, President of the Sovereign Nation of Burkina Faso, son of African soil, defender of his people, may grace and peace multiply for you through wisdom, courage and truth.鈥�

This is how a supposed English-language message attributed to the 杏MAP导航 and created with artificial intelligence begins.

A video of about 36 minutes was uploaded to YouTube on the account 鈥淧an African Dreams鈥�, produced using footage from 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV鈥檚 audience with journalists on Monday, May 12.

A 鈥渕orphing鈥� technique was used鈥攖hat is, transforming the image so that the movement of the lips matches the AI-generated words.

The fake video is titled 鈥溞覯AP导航 Leo XIV responds to Captain Ibrahim Traoré 鈥� A Message of Truth, Justice & Reconciliation.鈥�

Viewers are led to believe that the new 杏MAP导航 delivered an entire public address to Burkina Faso鈥檚 President Ibrahim Traoré in response to his letter, and in the video 杏MAP导航 Leo is made to say: 鈥淚 have read your words not once, but many times, and each reading has been deeper than the last, because in your voice I have heard not only the anger of a president, but the righteous cry of a continent long wounded by the twin blades of abandonment and exploitation.鈥�

This video is part of a series of fake messages covered by BBC News on May 15 (), and was reposted in a slightly shorter, lower-quality version by the YouTube account 鈥淣ou se Legliz鈥�.

It is noticeable that the image of the 杏MAP导航 is repeated, and Leo holds the same two sheets of paper throughout the entire message.

It is worth recalling鈥攇iven the circulation on various social media of texts attributed to the new 杏MAP导航 without source indication鈥攖hat all of 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV鈥檚 speeches, addresses, and texts can be consulted in full at .

News of his activities and video messages are available in real time on the Vatican News portal at vaticannews.va, in multiple languages, as well as on the Vatican鈥檚 newspaper website L鈥橭sservatore Romano at .