The Colombian diocese of Sonsón Rionegro warned that strangers created “a false profile in the social network Facebook that supplants the identity” of her bishop, Mons. Fidel León Cadavid Marín.
In a statement issued In your Instagram accountthe diocese indicated that Mons. Cadavid “has no personal profile in that social network and that its only official channel is the public page https://web.facebook.com/obispofidelcadavid”.
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Therefore, he urged the faithful to “not attend or answer messages that come from profiles other than the official website”, as well as “not to be fooled by possible suspicious requests.”
The diocese also asked “to report any false profile for the platform to take the corresponding measures.”
“We thank everyone for their collaboration and attention, in the certainty that truth and transparency are fundamental values in our evangelizing mission,” concludes the statement.
Eduardo Berdejo
Professional in Social Communication of the National University of San Marcos in Peru, I have more than 20 years of experience in Catholic digital journalism. As part of ACI Press, I have been sent to cover the trips of Pope Francis to Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, in addition to the Synod of Sinodality in the Vatican in 2023.