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"The U.S. has the military power 'to do whatever it wants in the world,' and the Catholic Church 'better take its side,'"

—From a report on the Pentagon-Vatican meeting, as covered by Religion News Service and The Free Press.

#Pentagon #Vatican #PopeLeoXIV #AvignonPapacy #Religion #ForeignPolicy #ChurchAndState

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/04/09/pentagon-confirms-it-met-with-vatican-but-denies-reports-of-a-bitter-clash-amid-the-popes-mounting-criticism/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV’s Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy (Letters from Leo, 2026-04-08)

https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-pentagon-threatened-pope-leo

see also the first-hand report https://www.thefp.com/p/why-the-vatican-and-the-white-house
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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.

>> 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.

>> 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…

#USPol #PopeLeoXIV #AvignonPapacy #ElbridgeColby

Do you wear the Brown Scapular? On 3 March 1322 Pope John the 22nd issued the Papal Bull that decreed the Sabbatine Privilege from Avignon. Or did he? Historians have cast doubt on this claim. Visit our blog to learn why the historians argue a moot point here.
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#carmelites #brownscapular #sabbatineprivilege #catholic #avignonpapacy #ourladyofmountcarmel

Do you wear the Brown Scapular? On 3 March 1322 Pope John the 22nd issued the Papal Bull that decreed the Sabbatine Privilege from Avignon. Or did he? Historians have cast doubt on this claim. Visit our blog to learn why the historians argue a moot point here.
👉🏼 https://carmelitequotes.blog 👈🏼

#carmelites #brownscapular #sabbatineprivilege #catholic #avignonpapacy #ourladyofmountcarmel

Do you wear the Brown Scapular? On 3 March 1322 Pope John the 22nd issued the Papal Bull that decreed the Sabbatine Privilege from Avignon. Or did he? Historians have cast doubt on this claim. Visit our blog to learn why the historians argue a moot point here.
👉🏼 https://carmelitequotes.blog 👈🏼

#carmelites #brownscapular #sabbatineprivilege #catholic #avignonpapacy #ourladyofmountcarmel