Fans of The Simpsons have affirmed on several occasions that The series has anticipated world relevance eventsamong them The attack on September 11, 2001, the Covid-19 Pandemia and the Donald Trump’s choice as president of the United States. The question of many is: did the death of the Pope Francis?
In recent days, an alleged video attributed to an episode of season 28 of The Simpsonsin which It was claimed that Pope Francis would die on March 1, 2025. However, the aforementioned chapter turned out to be false.
According to international mediait is an audiovisual material generated by artificial intelligence (AI). In addition, the video was quickly eliminated from various platforms where it had been shared.
In the video, it is visualized as presenter Kent Brockman reports that the Pope died due to respiratory disease. According to the international press, This supposed episode captured the attention of followers of conspiracy theorieswhich caused its viralization in different social networks.
Analysis of the supposed episode of “The Simpsons”
Although the video was eliminated from several platforms, some Internet users who managed to visualize it shared their opinions regarding their veracity. The X user, Vicente Simón, explained that This chapter is not among the official episodes of season 28 of The Simpsonsinformation that was confirmed by several international media.
🚨 Did you see the rumor that the Simpsons predicted the death of Pope Francis in 2025? 🕵️♂️ It’s fake! ❌ There is no episode like that, everything is a viral assembly. 🎥 I tell you the truth with evidence. 📚 Don’t be fooled and shared to stop the bulle! ✨ #Lossimpson #Denial… pic.twitter.com/thoaon61mu
– Vicente Simón (@vicente_simon_s) March 2, 2025
It is even pointed out that in that season there is no mention of the pontiff. Likewise, the analysis of the images of the video reveals multiple incoherence.
One of the identified inconsistencies is the scene in which Lisa Simpson holds A book with typographic errorssince it presents the legend “Prefects of the Vatican”. In other images you can read “Patican Profechies” instead of “Vatican Prophecies.”
In that sense, the international press indicates that This type of errors is common in images generated by means. In addition, the video lacks sequences where the characters talk, and consists only of fixed images, which reinforces the hypothesis that was made with AI.
Therefore, it is recommended to carefully examine any video that is viral in social networks, in order to differentiate between authentic and material manipulated content through other tools.