<![CDATA[Cardinal’s meeting at #Pentagon was ‘unusual,’ #Vatican official says]]>Cardinal’s meeting at was ‘unusual,’ official says

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


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/10/trump-vatican-pentagon-meeting/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/8164413e-bbd4-4027-a2a4-3c9d5997c8d3/cardinal-s-meeting-at-pentagon-was-unusual-vatican-official-saysRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 16:40:49 GMTSat, 11 Apr 2026 13:04:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Cardinal’s meeting at #Pentagon was ‘unusual,’ #Vatican official says on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:14:29 GMT]]>@Nonilex The Vatican is signaling that its private diplomatic stance may significantly diverge from the public posture of some U.S. political figures, particularly on issues of war and national security.

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Perhaps Cardinal Pierre should invite Pentagon officials to church.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/sticklandtim/statuses/116386411769047291https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/sticklandtim/statuses/116386411769047291Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:55:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cardinal’s meeting at #Pentagon was ‘unusual,’ #Vatican official says on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:13:25 GMT]]>One senior official familiar with internal assessments of the meeting called it “unusual” & not “a walk in the park.” It was “a frank & direct dialogue on issues where the distance between the Vatican & the is evident & clear,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal assessments.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116386247816984363https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116386247816984363Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:13:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cardinal’s meeting at #Pentagon was ‘unusual,’ #Vatican official says on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:10:03 GMT]]>During the discussion, the small group of & officials discussed their differing views of current events, according to people on both sides with knowledge of the conversation.

What is less clear is how adversarial the meeting was.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116386234581862036https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116386234581862036Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:10:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cardinal’s meeting at #Pentagon was ‘unusual,’ #Vatican official says on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:06:42 GMT]]>Days after the 1-year mark of returning to office, an unusual meeting between the 2 sides took place that has now turned up the temperature of the public discussion about the relationship. Following expressions of concern by XIV & officials over the admin’s actions in , , & elsewhere, officials on Jan 22 hosted a top Vatican diplomat, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, then the Holy See’s ambassador to the United States, for a rare visit.

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