Claim: While the people around the world are praying that the war between Ukraine and Russia will stop, Philippine priests: (shows a picture of Presidential candidate Ma. Leonor G. Robredo kneeling in front of priest giving a sign of blessing).
Category: Misleading
Complete Details: A post of a picture on the Facebook page CDO for BBM and SARA 2022 by Tyke King Generale is captioned that while there is a war between Ukraine and Russia and people around the world are praying for the war to stop, Philippine priests are blessing Robredo.
Why we fact check this: This post tries to mislead people into concluding that while there are people suffering in a war and the world is praying for them, the priests in the Philippines are not praying with the rest of the world and are only consumed with giving their blessing to Robredo.
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