Il Pentagono ha minacciato il Papa dopo aver criticato Trump – È stato così grave che Papa Leone ha cambiato i suoi piani per recarsi negli Stati Uniti
https://newrepublic.com/post/208820/pentagon-threatened-pope-criticized-donald-trump
di ByGollie
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Although born in the Americas and a Chilean citizen, the Pope is the [Head of State](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See) of a [sovereign European nation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City) (The Vatican) – so Europe related.
> One U.S. official present at the meeting brought up the Avignon papacy, a period in the 14th century in which the French monarchy bent the Catholic Church into submission, **ordering an an attack on Pope Boniface VIII that led to his downfall and subsequent death** and the papacy to relocate from Rome to Avignon, a region inside France..
[This article has more background,](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-pentagon-threatened-pope-leo) but it’s only partially available due to a paywall i can’t bypass.
> [UPDATE at 4:33 PM EDT: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm The Free Press report that the meeting took place — and that some Vatican officials were so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that they shelved plans for Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States later this year.
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> Other officials in the Vatican saw the Pentagon’s reference to an Avignon papacy **as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.**]
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> In January, behind closed doors at the Pentagon, **Under Secretary of War for Policy** Elbridge Colby summoned Cardinal Christophe Pierre — Pope Leo XIV’s then-ambassador to the United States — and delivered a lecture.
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> America, Colby and his colleagues told the cardinal, **has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.**
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> As tempers rose, **one U.S. official reached for a fourteenth-century weapon and invoked the Avignon Papacy**, the period when the French Crown used military force to bend the bishop of Rome to its will.
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How the fuck do you threaten THE POPE. I’m not even religious but come on that’s THE FUCKING POPE.
The US dies as it was born: Obsessed with religion.
“The United States,” Colby said, according to a blistering new report by The Free Press, “has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.”
You’re threatening literally the worlds strongest believer in an almighty power that has the ability to punish bad guys for eternity, and think that he’ll just switch sides. Morons.
This shit is so fucking exhausting, holy fuck.
Colby is one nutjob among nutjobs. As schizophrenic as the others, since he was supposed to be the leader of the restrainers in the State Department but nonetheless proclaims worldwide military dominion against….. the freakin pope.
Stalin vibes in here
I bet King Charles would still go to the US then huh
Trump is the antichrist. He has all the traits. Literally held the bible upside down in front of a burnt down church.
Doesn’t JD have a way with popes?
Nuke the Pope, name of my new punk band
BTW anticatholic sentiment is not new in the US.
White Christian Nationalists in the US do not like the Pope and never have. You’ll see loads of anti-Catholic rhetoric coming from the Klan and Evangelicals. The guy currently running the Defense Department (and that is its name) follows a pastor who has a history of anti-Catholic statements. It’s probably part of why this administration hates Europe.
Ah well, sectarianism is generally harmless, right?
Catholic Churches in the south are full of maga.
No difference between the religious fundamentalists of Tehran and the ones of the republican party under Trump.
Every day, every single minute of refreshing social media is a circus…
What is incredible is that they always find a new way to surprise you with their stupidity. I mean, do the majority of the americans have no shame to let this people govern them?
Must be thin skinned Hegseth…he wants to Mr Templar so bad
Not saying it didn’t happen, but the source is The Free Press. In the US that is essentially equivalent to the DailyMail in terms of journalistic credibility. Not really a credible source.
Submit to Jabba the Trump
Image passing your time telling you are the protector of the christianity and in the meantime you threaten the pope…
The level of insanity at the White House is crazy.
As an outsider, i really want the pope to pull a historical precedent and start excomunicating.
It would be so funny.
Next week the usa will bombard città del Vaticano ahahah
I’m surprised the Vatican did not get 100% tarriffs on holy water exports to USA
Trump, his cronies and every single “person” that voted for him will burn in eternal hellfire. The antichrist has come and you MAGAs will follow him straight to hell by the righteous hand of GOD.
This is related to the Pentagon not allowing Catholics into their Easter mass, then, I guess. Seemed strange but if they have been actively threatening the pope then they’re not going to allow catholics in their midst.
The US is a terrorist state.
Jesus fucking Christ, you really can never guess what new bullshit the Trump regime is cooking.
This is very disturbing. This administration threatening a Pope is truly a low blow. If even hegseth would get fired, like soon.
The Netherlands should not have our king and queen visiting the US. Send the morons a message ffs.
This is disney villain levels of behavior. This is irresponsible, childish and downright stupid.
*”The Pope? How many divisions has he got?”* – J.Stalin (also undersecretary Elbridge Colby, apparently)
These people are the anticrist
The American GOVERNMENT made threats to the POPE who is AMERICAN.
What a god awful timeline we’re living in.