Days after Pope Leo XIV delivered his State of the World speech, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby summoned Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Vatican’s U.S. representative, to a closed-door Pentagon meeting for a bitter lecture.
“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.”
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 attack on Pope Boniface VIII that led to his downfall and subsequent death and forcing the papacy to relocate from Rome to Avignon, a region inside France.
ArtlessOne on
Will never be able to fathom the level of cognitive dissonance necessary for the MAGAts to convince themselves Trump is a man of god. Fucking breathtaking.
TubeframeMR2 on
Whiny ass bitches. MAGA the world is laughing at you and your belief that Trump and crew are a bunch of tough guys, spoiler they are not.
Romantic_Piscean on
Golly, I wonder if there is any precedent for an authoritarian state pressuring the Vatican with “we have the military power to whatever it wants in the world” rhetoric. /s
Purify5 on
Man, Americans never stop whining.
ResidentKelpien on
From the article:
>The White House has dismissed the entire account, writing in a [statement](https://x.com/bstarrreports/status/2041989663791976595) to reporter Barbara Starr that “the Free Press’s characterization of the meeting is highly exaggerated and distorted.”
The Christian ~~Nationalists~~ Extremists in the White House are highly exaggerated and distorted.
Athene_cunicularia23 on
It will be interesting to see how US Catholics justify their lord and savior in the White House. Guess I should get the popcorn started.
dazedandloitering on
South Park sorta predicted this
Country-Mac on
Can we please start excommunicating these converts? They are a blight.
Start with Vance.
LunarMojave on
Hegseth is an absolute disgrace
JiveChicken00 on
Example no. 1,063 why these are not serious people.
RandCauthon99 on
Hey maga Catholics – how you feeling?
OrneryLetterhead8609 on
Wow…so why are they participating in Ash Wednesday then?
brickne3 on
Jesus Christ.
negativepositiv on
Hegseth: “This is a Christian nation! Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, and only Jesus allowed!”
Leader of world’s by far largest and oldest denomination of Christianity: “Maybe we should be kind and not commit violence without good cause.”
Hegseth: “The fuck did that asshole just say? Hey, do we have to ‘do something’ about you?”
Ok_Blacksmith_3030 on
Any religion that stays silent when a powerful world leader threatens to wipeout a civilization of over 90 million people, shouldn’t be followed. That religion isn’t going to help save your soul. So good for Pope Leo to call this out.
AbleCap5222 on
Threatening the Catholic Church? Uh, historically – this is not a wise choice.
Unknown_Cloud_777 on
Donald J Trump and his unhinged band of psychopathic followers in the White House have directly threatened the life of the Pope and Catholicism as whole….
How fucking depraved and diluted is this current administration.
If the United States of embarrassment touched a single hair on the Pope’s head, I’m sure it would cause another world war.
True insanity to threaten the most important figure in the Catholic Church.. I hope the Pope never steps foot in the same room as any United States official.
These are the dumbest most fucking idiotic clowns to ever hold power and its unreal to me that Republicans allow it to continue.
They would look like heroes if they just impeached the all these assholes and just apologized for Trump.
craftandcurmudgeony on
all of this to protect an dementia-ridden pedophile who’s already got one foot in the grave. i am embarrassed to be an American right now.
NelsonMuntz007 on
Of course they did. This is the most believable thing that could come out of the pentagon
Rezart_KLD on
Did they threaten him with a JD Vance visit?
SMIrving on
More evidence Trump is the Antichrist
SiempreRegreso on
Get in, losers, we’re doing state sedevacantism.
espinaustin on
> The Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s warning that Pope Leo cancelled his plans to visit the U.S. later in the year, reported Hale, who noted that “many in the Vatican saw the Pentagon’s reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.”
😳
teamdiabetes11 on
And the irony will be completely lost to most conservatives. “Pope Gone Woke?!” coming soon to Fox News near you.
FlaviusVespasian on
Pope Leo is my president now. American govt is under a Babylonian Captivity and no longer valid in my eyes.
No_Method5989 on
“This adminstration – This is a christian nation!”
“pope: Hey can you not bomb everything”
“this administration – go fuck yourself buddy who do you think you are”
——————–
WHAT THE FUCK IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
tom21g on
From the article:
> 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 attack on Pope Boniface VIII that led to his downfall and subsequent death and forcing the papacy to relocate from Rome to Avignon, a region inside France.
That “U.S. official” smells like Stephen Miller. Who else would be smart enough and cruel enough to find and use this history against the Pope?
GISP on
Pissing of 1½ Billion Catholics sure is a political move 0o
FluffyPantsMcGee on
Fuck Trump, fuck the pentagon, fuck Hegseth. Sincerely, a Christian.
Choppergold on
Days after Pope Leo XIV delivered his State of the World speech, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby summoned Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Vatican’s U.S. representative, to a closed-door Pentagon meeting for a bitter lecture.
“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.”
Wtf
ideletedyourfacebook on
It takes a real piece of shit to make me side with the Catholic Church.
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Days after Pope Leo XIV delivered his State of the World speech, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby summoned Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Vatican’s U.S. representative, to a closed-door Pentagon meeting for a bitter lecture.
“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.”
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 attack on Pope Boniface VIII that led to his downfall and subsequent death and forcing the papacy to relocate from Rome to Avignon, a region inside France.
Will never be able to fathom the level of cognitive dissonance necessary for the MAGAts to convince themselves Trump is a man of god. Fucking breathtaking.
Whiny ass bitches. MAGA the world is laughing at you and your belief that Trump and crew are a bunch of tough guys, spoiler they are not.
Golly, I wonder if there is any precedent for an authoritarian state pressuring the Vatican with “we have the military power to whatever it wants in the world” rhetoric. /s
Man, Americans never stop whining.
From the article:
>The White House has dismissed the entire account, writing in a [statement](https://x.com/bstarrreports/status/2041989663791976595) to reporter Barbara Starr that “the Free Press’s characterization of the meeting is highly exaggerated and distorted.”
The Christian ~~Nationalists~~ Extremists in the White House are highly exaggerated and distorted.
It will be interesting to see how US Catholics justify their lord and savior in the White House. Guess I should get the popcorn started.
South Park sorta predicted this
Can we please start excommunicating these converts? They are a blight.
Start with Vance.
Hegseth is an absolute disgrace
Example no. 1,063 why these are not serious people.
Hey maga Catholics – how you feeling?
Wow…so why are they participating in Ash Wednesday then?
Jesus Christ.
Hegseth: “This is a Christian nation! Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, and only Jesus allowed!”
Leader of world’s by far largest and oldest denomination of Christianity: “Maybe we should be kind and not commit violence without good cause.”
Hegseth: “The fuck did that asshole just say? Hey, do we have to ‘do something’ about you?”
Any religion that stays silent when a powerful world leader threatens to wipeout a civilization of over 90 million people, shouldn’t be followed. That religion isn’t going to help save your soul. So good for Pope Leo to call this out.
Threatening the Catholic Church? Uh, historically – this is not a wise choice.
Donald J Trump and his unhinged band of psychopathic followers in the White House have directly threatened the life of the Pope and Catholicism as whole….
How fucking depraved and diluted is this current administration.
If the United States of embarrassment touched a single hair on the Pope’s head, I’m sure it would cause another world war.
True insanity to threaten the most important figure in the Catholic Church.. I hope the Pope never steps foot in the same room as any United States official.
Non-paywall :
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-threatened-pope-criticized-trump-212552754.html
Deport the Pope! Kegsbreath is an idiot.
These are the dumbest most fucking idiotic clowns to ever hold power and its unreal to me that Republicans allow it to continue.
They would look like heroes if they just impeached the all these assholes and just apologized for Trump.
all of this to protect an dementia-ridden pedophile who’s already got one foot in the grave. i am embarrassed to be an American right now.
Of course they did. This is the most believable thing that could come out of the pentagon
Did they threaten him with a JD Vance visit?
More evidence Trump is the Antichrist
Get in, losers, we’re doing state sedevacantism.
> The Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s warning that Pope Leo cancelled his plans to visit the U.S. later in the year, reported Hale, who noted that “many in the Vatican saw the Pentagon’s reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.”
😳
And the irony will be completely lost to most conservatives. “Pope Gone Woke?!” coming soon to Fox News near you.
Pope Leo is my president now. American govt is under a Babylonian Captivity and no longer valid in my eyes.
“This adminstration – This is a christian nation!”
“pope: Hey can you not bomb everything”
“this administration – go fuck yourself buddy who do you think you are”
——————–
WHAT THE FUCK IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
From the article:
> 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 attack on Pope Boniface VIII that led to his downfall and subsequent death and forcing the papacy to relocate from Rome to Avignon, a region inside France.
That “U.S. official” smells like Stephen Miller. Who else would be smart enough and cruel enough to find and use this history against the Pope?
Pissing of 1½ Billion Catholics sure is a political move 0o
Fuck Trump, fuck the pentagon, fuck Hegseth. Sincerely, a Christian.
Days after Pope Leo XIV delivered his State of the World speech, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby summoned Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Vatican’s U.S. representative, to a closed-door Pentagon meeting for a bitter lecture.
“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.”
Wtf
It takes a real piece of shit to make me side with the Catholic Church.