#Vance wading into spat between #Trump and the #Pope is only turning the heat up…

“It would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality, to stick to matters of what’s going on in the Catholic church and let the president of the United States stick to dictating American public policy”

- Trump is a dictator acting without checks or balances.

- launching an illegal war is not merely ‘public policy’

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a…

JD Vance defends Trump amid spat with Pope Leo: ‘Stick to matters of morality’

Catholic vice-president effectively tells Leo to stay in his lane after pope criticized the White House over the Iran war

^{Richard Luscombe (The Guardian)}

Cardinal’s meeting at #Pentagon was ‘unusual,’ #Vatican official says

Through the first year of Trump’s 2nd term, tensions between his admin & the Vatican — with the first #US born #pope — have simmered.

#law #Trump #Hegseth #Republicans #Constitution #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #Christianity #Evangelism #NewApostolicReformation #NAR #military #war #NationalSecurity #geopolitics #USpol
washingtonpost.com/politics/20…

Pope Leo in 1982, so I’m told

#Pope #Vatican #PopeLeo

#Trump admin #Pentagon called in and Threatened #Pope Leo XIV’s Ambassador over speech advocating peace.

Leo was threatened With the Avignon Papacy

“…the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Pope Leo XIV shelved plans to visit the United States later this year.

Some officials in the Vatican saw the Pentagon’s reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.”

thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-pe…

The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV’s Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy

The Free Press has documented a closed-door Pentagon meeting in which a senior Trump official lectured Pope Leo XIV’s ambassador on American military supremacy.

^{Christopher Hale (Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics)}

#Hegseth Says #US #Troops Are Fighting for #Jesus. The #Pope Disagrees.

In sharp contrast to the #Trump administration’s calls for #Christian prayers for the #war effort, #PopeLeo XIV says #military domination is “entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.”

#law #Republicans #Constitution #FreedomOfReligion #Christianity #Evangelism #NewApostolicReformation #NAR #military #IranWar #Iran #NationalSecurity #geopolitics #USpol
nytimes.com/2026/04/03/world/m…