Pentagon told Pope’s top diplomat to ‘take its side’ on US military ambitions: report

https://www.9news.com.au/world/cardinal-christophe-pierre-pope-leo-pentagon-jd-vance-usa-politics-news/216a1531-509b-4f62-b6ae-b652c24b0784

36 Comments

  1. “America has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world,” Colby was quoted as saying.
    “The Catholic Church had better take its side.”

  2. Now now now, if you are a devout catholic then you ought to accept that the Pope follows the voice of god and it shouldn’t even cross your mind that you could… *gasp* influence the Pope’s stance on issues. Especially by such crass mob like tactics.

  3. I used to think that Russia and China were the greatest threats to humanity but now I know for a fact that America is the number one threat.

  4. actual potential thing Trump might say: “I’m disappointed in the Pope, not a true American.. Vatican has so much gold, they’re not using it properly. we could run the Vatican so much better, wouldn’t you like that? of course you would.”

  5. Quirky-Safe-3383 on

    Excommunicate these fucks, live on TV. It´s still possible in 2026 ? Or is it ? Make American”Christians” understand!

  6. A worldly power bullying the papacy? Who has ever heard of such a thing!

    Before you know it Mar a lago will be the new Avignon, Antipope plus palace, the works.

  7. Hot-Combination9130 on

    Trump, his cronies and every single “person” that voted for him will burn in eternal hellfire. The antichrist has come and you MAGAs will follow him straight to hell by the righteous hand of GOD.

  8. oh great, I’m in a young adult fantasy novel. can’t wait until the undead rise in the UK and the King needs to unlock a hidden source of magic to protect the realm.

  9. *”The Pope? How many divisions has he got?”* – J.Stalin (also undersecretary Elbridge Colby, apparently)

  10. Did they add, in a menacing tone, “remember what happened to the last Pope after Vance visited him?”

  11. Suspicious_Sense1272 on

    “Pentagon officials say…” “The Vatican says”… “Vatican Officials say…”

    Fuck I hate that this is the constant bar of entry for any news feed. Unnamed, anonymous sources in every fucking article.

    Top officials at the European Union say this is 90% of the reason Kosovo has a bread shortage, and Kosovo officials say this is untrue.

    Slop. Pure slop.

  12. ‘Join us or die’ is an interesting stance for the US to take, don’t you think?

  13. dowdymeatballs on

    The fact this isn’t global news is astounding.

    The Pentagon literally threatened the Vatican with military action if they didn’t publicly support them.

    All 1.5 billion Catholics should be outraged right now.

  14. Elbridge Colby (grandson of former CIA Director Colby) is the same jackass that instructed the Pentagon to withhold Congress approved armaments to Ukraine

  15. adumblittlebaby on

    These fuckers have zero sense of morality, they don’t think there’s any wrong side which is why they’re flabbergasted people don’t take theirs.

  16. ZeraDoesStuff on

    He wants to go farther than we all expected, he wants to go back to the dark ages where Kings ruled the clergy

  17. Sweet-Competition-15 on

    Perhaps the demise of Pope Francis *wasn’t* such a coincidence after the visit by ShayDee? Just kidding…*I think.*

  18. Palomino_mare on

    Trump’s arrogance knows no bounds. I just do not understand why he hasn’t been thrown out of office. After a while you’d think the welfare of millions of people would count more than the illegal wealth they’ve already accumulated.

  19. To borrow (and probably butcher) a killer line from the Expanse: “we need to convince people that god is on our side” gets the retort “Abraham Lincoln hoped that he was on god’s side.”