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pnwmom

(110,273 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:34 PM Thursday

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 Thursday OP
"the Pentagon denied such claims" drmeow Thursday #1
release video of the meeting nt msongs Thursday #2
Who are we to believe? AverageOldGuy Thursday #3
The question everyone should be asking is why is the Vatican meeting with the Pentagon? Ray Bruns Thursday #4
Inconceivable! BootinUp Thursday #5
Just how many bears can Drumph poke and survive? KY_EnviroGuy Yesterday #6
Nice Sistine Chapel you have there. It'd be a shame if anything happened to it. nt hvn_nbr_2 15 hrs ago #7
Obliterate the Vatican PuraVidaDreamin 15 hrs ago #8

Ray Bruns

(6,428 posts)
4. The question everyone should be asking is why is the Vatican meeting with the Pentagon?
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:09 PM
Thursday

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

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,791 posts)
6. Just how many bears can Drumph poke and survive?
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 01:31 AM
Yesterday

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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