What was claimed

Photo shows Pope Francis kissing the hands of David Rockefeller and John Rothschild.

Our verdict

False. The photo shows the pope kissing the hand of a Holocaust survivor.

AAP FACTCHECK - A false claim about Pope Francis kissing the hands of US banker David Rockefeller and a member of the wealthy Rothschild family has re-emerged on social media following the pontiff’s death.

The image being shared online actually shows the late Pope Francis meeting a Jewish Holocaust survivor at a memorial in Jerusalem in 2014.

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