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Proof: Pope Leo XIV arrives in Metz to speak about European unity

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T09:22:59Z","headline":"Pope Leo XIV arrives in Metz to speak about European unity","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"lemonde","url":"https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/09/28/pope-leo-xiv-arrives-in-metz-to-speak-about-european-unity_6758029_7.html","v":1}

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cf9be22c02e95add187bb9652ae1bf09d8b61c261d59b9e55fb4379ec19d13a5

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968974, mined 2026-09-28 09:29 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 09:28 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 09:28 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-cf9be22c02e9.json prints cf9be22c02e95add187bb9652ae1bf09d8b61c261d59b9e55fb4379ec19d13a5. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-cf9be22c02e9.json and headline-cf9be22c02e9.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-cf9be22c02e9.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.