On December 23, 2020, in a number of Russian media, information appeared that the Pope is ready to borne all Russians who will celebrate Catholic Christmas. We checked whether this is really so.

Here are the full text of the news, which was distributed, in particular, network resources such as Kolibri.press, Rybinskonline, "Law and order", Webos.su and a number of others:

“The Pope Francis made an appeal to the parishioners of the Russian Orthodox Church calling for a celebration of Christmas on a single day according to the Catholic style - December 25. In his appeal, he promised to everyone who would follow his offer to pay € 200, which is approximately 18,300 rubles.
“My children, our Lord cannot have two birthdays. Mistakes, due to schismatistics, not only do not draw the messenger of Jesus Christ, but also convene the devil every time the Christmas tree shines with garlands not when it should be. I urge everyone to agree and peacefulness in this matter and sincerely congratulate Christmas Christmas, which we want to celebrate with the Orthodox at a time - December 25, ”said the pontiff.
In order to get a reward, you need to contact the apostolic nunceurism in Moscow at the address: Vadkovsky per., 7/37 or by phone +7 (495) 726-59-30, providing documents confirming the identity, as well as any evidence of the celebration of Christmas on December 25. "

All of the above resources posted this news with reference to the site Panorama.pub, however, in only one of the four cases, in addition, we see at the end of the material an ascrapement: “All the texts on this site are grotesque parodies for reality and are not real news.” And another publication says that the Panorama IA is an unreliable source.

These notes are absolutely appropriate, because Panorama is a satirical publication, which positions itself. The phrase about grotesque parodies accompanies each of its material, but not all third -party resources place it when copying the news. It is unnecessary to say that many readers, unfamiliar with the specifics of Panorama, take her news published on other sites for a pure coin. And they even spread themselves:

It is interesting that the address and phone number indicated in the publication are absolutely real and really belong Apostolic nunceur in Moscow. As a result, journalists of another resource “Sib.fm” turned to the nunceracies for clarification and Received The expected refutation: “No, nothing of the kind was promised. This is not true. " At the same time, summarizing the exposure of the Panorama material, the journalists of Sib.FM did not mention the humorous nature of the publication anywhere.

Thus, here we are dealing with satirical news, which may have been perceived outside the corresponding context.