Pentagon officials warned the Vatican that the Catholic Church 'had better take its side' after Pope Leo XIV criticised US foreign policy under Donald Trump, reports published this week have revealed. The confrontation took place in January at a closed-door meeting at the Pentagon, just days after the pontiff's State of the World address.
The remarks were seen as a response to Pope Leo XIV's speech, in which he warned that a diplomacy promoting dialogue was being replaced by one based on force and that war was back in vogue.
