Undersecretary Elbridge Colby summoned the Papal Nuncio to the Pentagon, said the pope better get in line with Trump, and referenced the “Avignon Papacy”, a historical event where France kidnapped and killed the pope then set up a puppet Papacy.
Edit: Looking into it, the original story came from “anonymous Vatican sources”, and has since been officially denied by both sides.
Undersecretary Elbridge Colby summoned the Papal Nuncio to the Pentagon, said the pope better get in line with Trump, and referenced the “Avignon Papacy”, a historical event where France kidnapped and killed the pope then set up a puppet Papacy.
Edit: Looking into it, the original story came from “anonymous Vatican sources”, and has since been officially denied by both sides.
Yeah, no surprise that they’d deny it.