It is global news. The billion strong Catholics of the world have a new Pope. He is Pope Leo XIV. He was formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost from the United States of America. He is the first American Pope ever.
Editor’s Note
There is no need to detail the news of the new Pope. The world is awash with news of the new Pope. Instead, Covid Call to Humanity (CCH) has a different purpose for covering this news.
On April 28, CCH published this article with the title: “DETECTING FAKE NEWS – THE CASE OF A FILIPINO AS THE NEXT POPE”.
The purpose of the article was to demonstrate how to detect fake news in a world plagued with massive disinformation. The breaking news of the last few days clearly demonstrates that CCH was correct in cautioning overzealous supporters of Cardinal Luis Tagle. They cannot advance their advocacy through lies. Such blatant lies may have given a bad impression of and affected the chances of Cardinal Tagle to be chosen as the next Pope.
As CCH emphasized in its article. CCH was not attacking Cardinal Tagle. CCH views him as one of the most amazing Cardinals in the world today. Cardinal Tagle has deep knowledge of the theological nuances of Chrisianity. He also has genuine humility and has amazing compassion for the poor.
Unfortunately, Cardinal Tagle made some mistakes. He had a tendency to trust his aides, resulting in a lack of due diligence connected with, among others, his support of Pope Francis on the latter’s compromise with Chinese Catholicism. He also failed to discipline erring priests guilty of all kinds of abusive behavior, another defect he shared with Pope Francis. These may have dimished his chances for becoming the next Pope.
But this is not an article on the pros and cons of Cardinal Luis Tagle and his qualifications for the papacy. Rather, it is a reminder to those peddling fake news that, when your scheme fails, you destroy your reputation in the process. CCH, for one, would never rely on the YouTube channel that spread fake news about Cardinal Tagle. .