‘Catholic Church had better take its side’, Pentagon told Vatican, report claims

A report indicates that senior Pentagon officials summoned the Holy See’s Apostolic Nuncio to Washington and warned him that the Catholic Church should align itself with American military policy.

The claims, first published on April 6 by The Free Press, allege that a closed-door meeting took place in January between US defence officials and Cardinal Christophe Pierre, then apostolic nuncio to the United States. During the meeting, officials are said to have delivered what was described as “a bitter lecture warning that the United States has the military power to do whatever it wants”.