Pentagon Threatens Vatican
The Pentagon summoned the Pope's ambassador and threatened that the US has the military power to do 'whatever it wants' and warned the Church to take its side. This was after Pope Leo XIV denounced a world ruled by 'a diplomacy based on force'. The Pope reportedly cancelled a planned visit to the US. The threat was delivered in a 'bitter lecture' that invoked the Avignon Papacy, a dark chapter in history when a government used military force to bend the papacy to its will.
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The Pentagon summoned the Pope's ambassador, told him the United States has the military power to do "whatever it wants," and warned that the Church better take its side. They even invoked the Avignon Papacy, a dark chapter in history when a government used military force to bend
UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Pope Leo XIV shelved plans to visit the United States later this year.
Many in the Vatican saw the Pentagon’s reference to an
I’m sorry - the Pentagon threatened the Catholic Church, currently led by the first American pope??
New reporting reveals the Pentagon threatened Pope Leo XIV’s ambassador over the Pope's anti-war statements:
"America has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.”
Let’s hope Bibi doesn’t start saying the Vatican is 2 weeks away from a nuclear weapon.