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pnwmom

(110,316 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:34 PM Apr 9

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 Apr 9 OP
"the Pentagon denied such claims" drmeow Apr 9 #1
release video of the meeting nt msongs Apr 9 #2
Who are we to believe? AverageOldGuy Apr 9 #3
The question everyone should be asking is why is the Vatican meeting with the Pentagon? Ray Bruns Apr 9 #4
Inconceivable! BootinUp Apr 9 #5
Just how many bears can Drumph poke and survive? KY_EnviroGuy Apr 10 #6
Nice Sistine Chapel you have there. It'd be a shame if anything happened to it. nt hvn_nbr_2 Apr 10 #7
Obliterate the Vatican PuraVidaDreamin Apr 10 #8

Ray Bruns

(6,642 posts)
4. The question everyone should be asking is why is the Vatican meeting with the Pentagon?
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:09 PM
Apr 9

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

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,795 posts)
6. Just how many bears can Drumph poke and survive?
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 01:31 AM
Apr 10

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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