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Pentagon denies threatening Vatican over pope's remarks on US intervention in Iran

The Pentagon on Thursday denied a report that the Vatican's US envoy was summoned in January for a "bitter" dressing down over remarks by Pope Leo XIV that were seen as criticising the Trump administration’s use of military force.

According to The Free Press, which shares common ownership with CBS News, Cardinal Christophe Pierre was given a "bitter lecture" by US Undersecretary of Defence for Policy Elbridge Colby.

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