Undersecretary Elbridge Colby summoned the Papal Nuncio to the Pentagon, said the pope better get in line with Trump, and referenced the “Avignon Papacy”, a historical event where France kidnapped and killed the pope then set up a puppet Papacy.
Edit: Looking into it, the original story came from “anonymous Vatican sources”, and has since been officially denied by both sides.
The DoD held a meeting with Vatican officials where they threatened them, saying the US has the military power to “do whatever it wants” and that the “Church had better take its side”
When?
Undersecretary Elbridge Colby summoned the Papal Nuncio to the Pentagon, said the pope better get in line with Trump, and referenced the “Avignon Papacy”, a historical event where France kidnapped and killed the pope then set up a puppet Papacy.
Edit: Looking into it, the original story came from “anonymous Vatican sources”, and has since been officially denied by both sides.
Yeah, no surprise that they’d deny it.
January 2026.
The DoD held a meeting with Vatican officials where they threatened them, saying the US has the military power to “do whatever it wants” and that the “Church had better take its side”
There was so much going on then, I must have missed this. This is insane
In January.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/confirmed-trump-admin-threatened-to-overthrow-the-papacy/ar-AA20rzHH
Whoa