The relationship between the Holy See and the Trump administration has come under renewed scrutiny in recent days, following reports of a January meeting between the Holy See’s Apostolic Nuncio to the United States and senior Pentagon officials.
A report from the Free Press claimed that the Pentagon summoned the Holy See’s then Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, and warned him that the Catholic Church should align itself with American military policy. 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”.
