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pnwmom

(110,266 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:34 PM 13 hrs ago

Source calls Pentagon meeting with Vatican official 'most unpleasant'

Source: NBC

A meeting between the Pentagon and a Vatican ambassador has raised eyebrows after conflicting reports indicate tensions may be rising between the White House and the Vatican.

A source close to Pope Leo XIV told NBC Chicago political reporter Mary Ann Ahern the meeting between the Pentagon and Cardinal Christophe Pierre was "most unpleasant and confrontational."

The information came amid reports from The Free Press, which stated Vatican officials described the meeting as "a bitter lecture warning that the United States has the military power to do whatever it wants—and that the Church had better take its side."

But the Pentagon denied such claims, calling the Free Press' characterization of it "highly exaggerated and distorted."



Read more: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/source-calls-pentagon-meeting-with-vatican-official-most-unpleasant-amid-reported-white-house-tension/3920503/

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Source calls Pentagon meeting with Vatican official 'most unpleasant' (Original Post) pnwmom 13 hrs ago OP
"the Pentagon denied such claims" drmeow 13 hrs ago #1
release video of the meeting nt msongs 13 hrs ago #2
Who are we to believe? AverageOldGuy 12 hrs ago #3
The question everyone should be asking is why is the Vatican meeting with the Pentagon? Ray Bruns 10 hrs ago #4
Inconceivable! BootinUp 10 hrs ago #5
Just how many bears can Drumph poke and survive? KY_EnviroGuy 8 hrs ago #6

AverageOldGuy

(3,932 posts)
3. Who are we to believe?
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 08:45 PM
12 hrs ago

The Catholic Church,
or,
Reverend Pete Hegseth?


I go with the Church.

Ray Bruns

(6,419 posts)
4. The question everyone should be asking is why is the Vatican meeting with the Pentagon?
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:09 PM
10 hrs ago

Is trump planning to ask the Swiss Guards for help in opening the Strait of Hormuz?

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,790 posts)
6. Just how many bears can Drumph poke and survive?
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 01:31 AM
8 hrs ago

Clearly, that's in the hands of the American people and Congress......

He's already poled one of the biggest ones in American history in Iran.....

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