Vatican alerts about a false campaign that asks for funds for the San Pedro Obol

The official news portal of the Holy See, Vatican News, He warned about a false campaign broadcast on social networks that asks for money for the Obolo of San Pedro.

Through a message disseminated by Whatsappthe website managed by the Dicastery of Communication warned that false profiles are circulating on Facebook of Pope Leo XIV requesting donations.

Thus, they clarified that there is no official page of the Pontiff on Facebook, remembering that the only safe way to make online donations is through the Official Web site Official.

Coinciding with the solemnity of San Pedro and San Pablo, every June 29, in most parishes, the collection of the San Pedro Obolo is made, an economic aid that the faithful offer to the Pontiff as an expression of support for the needs of the Catholic Church in the world and the charity works it performs.

As this date approached, the false profiles that seek to look and take advantage of the generosity of the faithful in a fraudulent way have emerged.

The Obolo of St. Peter also represents a gesture “of communion and participation in the Pope’s mission to announce the gospel, promote peace and spread Christian charity.”

In 2023, the last year of which there are data, 48.4 million euros were raised compared to 43.5 of the previous year, according to the Secretariat for the Vatican economy.

It should be remembered that, in support of this initiative, this year the Secretariat for the Economy and the Dicastery for Communion have disseminated a video in which the “first steps” of Leo XIV are presented as the successor of San Pedro.

In the emotional and brief video images of the beginning of the Pontificate of the Holy Father are projected with some of his most significant phrases, extracted in particular from his first greeting to the world from the balcony of the Basilica of San Pedro.