US vs Vatican: Did Pentagon threaten Pope Leo with . . . - Firstpost A report has put the spotlight on the growing rift between the US and the Catholic Church It claims that senior US defence officials gave a ‘bitter lecture’ to a top Vatican diplomat at the Pentagon in January after Pope Leo XIV’s speech, where he criticised a ‘diplomacy based on force’
Pentagon Threatened the Pope After He Criticized Trump Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other top Pentagon officials were particularly aggrieved by portions of Leo’s January 9 speech in which the pope argued that “a diplomacy that promotes