Seventh-day Adventist Church Denies Rumor Pope Francis Has Adventist Brother
By Claudette
Posted Nov 11, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The Seventh-day Adventist Church, headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, has issued an official statement responding to a rumor that Pope Francis has a brother who is a member of the church. The statement says the claim is untrue.
The church asked people to disregard a widely distributed YouTube sermon in which Hugo Gambetta made these claims. Truthful correction of a false claim about a religious community’s members is a matter of truth and fairness (Proverbs 18:17).
Church leaders from South America, who the statement says are familiar with the situation, have confirmed that Gambetta is a former Seventh-day Adventist minister.
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