{"id":522001,"date":"2021-05-18T14:35:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T18:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=522001"},"modified":"2021-05-18T14:35:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T18:35:16","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-pope-francis-kissing-the-hands-of-david-rockefeller-and-john-rothschild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-pope-francis-kissing-the-hands-of-david-rockefeller-and-john-rothschild\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Pope Francis Kissing The Hands Of David Rockefeller And John Rothschild?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-image-show-pope-francis-kissing-the-hands-of-david-rockefeller-and-john-rothschild%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=522001&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/brendanlee.thompson\/posts\/146938544099662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows Pope Francis \u201ckissing the hands of David Rockefeller &#038; John Rothschild.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7194425\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7194425\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7194425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-1.59.44-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook\/Screenshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-1.59.44-PM.jpg 519w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-1.59.44-PM-123x120.jpg 123w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-1.59.44-PM-620x605-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-1.59.44-PM-768x750-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-1.59.44-PM-1536x1500-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-1.59.44-PM-2048x2000-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7194425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The picture shows Pope Francis kissing the hand of one of six Holocaust survivors he meet at a 2014 event in Israel. None of those six Holocaust survivors were identified as Rockefeller or Rothschild.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/brendanlee.thompson\/posts\/146938544099662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a> shows Pope Francis kissing the hand of an elderly man wearing a yarmulke as some other men look on. Text overlaying the picture reads, \u201cPope Francis kissing the hands of David Rockefeller &#038; John Rothschild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/david-rockefeller-sr\/?sh=3d768e306442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Rockefeller<\/a>, the grandson of Standard Oil founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/business-figure\/john-d-rockefeller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John D. Rockefeller<\/a>, was a banker and philanthropist, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/20\/business\/david-rockefeller-dead-chase-manhattan-banker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-people-rockefeller\/billionaire-philanthropist-david-rockefeller-dies-at-age-101-in-new-york-idUSKBN16R1T5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">died<\/a> in 2017. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/updates\/history-rothschild-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rothschild family<\/a> is a banking family that has long been the target of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/retropolis\/wp\/2018\/03\/19\/the-rothschilds-a-pamphlet-by-satan-and-conspiracy-theories-tied-to-a-battle-200-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">baseless anti-Semitic conspiracy theories<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/07\/26\/fact-check-lynn-forester-de-rothschild-satanic-painting\/\">(RELATED: Does This Picture Show Lynn Forester De Rothschild Posing In Front Of A Satanic Painting?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contrary to what the post suggests, the picture does not show the pope kissing the hand of a member of the well-known Rockefeller or Rothschild families. Check Your Fact found very similar photos depicting the same event on the <a href=\"https:\/\/webgate.epa.eu\/thumb.php\/51387304.jpg?eJxFjr0KwjAURt_lmx1ym9a02SSLQqNgxZ9JLiRxEQdrJ_HdvSao07kf5xDyhFvAJr6OcQa3hAWER1gSnDL6FWwlWIuMt8t5GlkaL6sh3Rqt6s_c5XbI6eDK8AWiHvdJ3j8UvYVtlZLpv6Lvf3_Y_8-N5DBMptGcapqHqIMmNiERJ6WYulh1eL0BCwgxCA~~\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">European Pressphoto Agency<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/photos\/pope-francis-holocaust-survivor?begindate=2014-05-20&#038;enddate=2014-05-28&#038;family=editorial&#038;phrase=pope%20francis%20holocaust%20survivor&#038;recency=daterange&#038;sort=mostpopular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Getty Images websites<\/a>, where the captions state they were taken at a museum in Israel as Pope Francis met Holocaust survivors in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In May of that year, the pope met a group of Holocaust survivors while visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yadvashem.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and Memorial<\/a> in Jerusalem, <a href=\"http:\/\/str.sg\/ZUGN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a> reported. The article makes no mention of the Rockefeller or Rothschild family. Pope Francis kissed the hands of six Holocaust survivors he met at the museum, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/as-mideast-trip-nears-end-pope-navigates-minefield-of-symbols\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outlet<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and Memorial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yadvashem.org\/pope-visits\/francis\/photos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a> photos from the pope\u2019s 2014 visit, and the same people that appear in the Facebook image can be see in those pictures. In the museum\u2019s photo gallery of the event, the captions identify the six Holocaust survivors, none of whom had the last name Rockefeller or Rothschild. Footage from the event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EPUhs84w1v4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can also be found<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Iterations of the miscaptioned photo have been shared on the internet for several years. The fact-checking website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/pope-francis-kisses-david-rockefellers-hand\/\">Snopes<\/a> debunked a version of the claim in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows Pope Francis \u201ckissing the hands of David Rockefeller &#038; John Rothschild.\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278443,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-1.59.44-PM.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Pope Francis Kissing The Hands Of David Rockefeller And John Rothschild?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-1.59.44-PM.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Pope Francis Kissing The Hands Of David Rockefeller And John Rothschild?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}