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Vatican City police unveil a new unit of sin-sniffing dogs.

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in General Factchecking by Genius (47.3k points)
Vatican City police unveil a new unit of sin-sniffing dogs.
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by Newbie (280 points)
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I don't think this source is actually a real news source, from what I've seen online it's a satirical kind of website. However, I think there are some people posting on twitter actually claiming this as a fact, which is why it is so important to dig into the background of the websites. I tried to look up other sources to see if this may be true, or if they got new dogs at all, but I haven't found anything related to this claim.
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This is a satirical news source and their articles cannot be taken as strict fact. There are no other news sources stating this claim.

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Not sure if this is a valid source although I found one other link that writes about this topics, Im concerned that there isn't enough sources to prove this claim is true.
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by Newbie (220 points)
This article is from the Onion, a satirical news website. The claim is not meant to be taken seriously.
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