#NewRepublic Apr 8, 2026

Pentagon Threatened #Pope After He Criticized #Trump

Days aftr #LeoXIV deliverd his..speech, Undersecretary of Defense 4 Policy #ElbridgeColby summond #Cardinal #ChristophePierre, #Vatican’s US rep, to a closed-door #Pentagon meeting 4 a bitter lecture

“The United States,” Colby sed, according to a blistering new report by #TheFreePress, “has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The #CatholicChurch had better take its side"

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