The Vatican isn't excommunicating crypto gamblers
A fake press announcement purporting to be from the Vatican’s Holy See Press Office claimed to “deplore” the crypto prediction market Polymarket for turning the search for a new Pope into a “mere speculative exercise.” The supposed Holy See announcement, shared by X user @yoxics on Wednesday, urges the “faithful to uphold the dignity of the papal election as a matter of prayerful discernment rather than profit.” They also claimed the Catholic Church “excommunicated thousands of crypto gamblers for betting on the next pope on Polymarket.” In response to another user sharing this post, Polymarket’s X account responded, “ wait what???? ” The person running the account may have gotten a little too excited about a potential interaction with the actual Holy See office, as another of their tweets on the subject was later deleted. The fake Holy See Polymarket press release (left) against a real press release on the same day (right). Read more: DOGE lies br...