Trump's Goons Warn Pope Leo They'll Prop Up False Pope - summoned the Vatican's representative to the U.S. to the Pentagon #USPol It was so bad, the Pope changed his travel plans
According to reports, "One U.S. official present at the meeting brought up the Avignon papacy, a period in the 14th century in which the French monarchy bent the Catholic Church into submission, ordering an attack on Pope Boniface VIII that led to his downfall and subsequent death and forcing the papacy to relocate from Rome to Avignon, a region inside France."
https://crooksandliars.com/2026/04/trumps-goons-warn-pope-leo-theyll-prop
Full Report: https://newrepublic.com/post/208820/pentagon-threatened-pope-criticized-donald-trump
That's not what the reporting says, though. Even clicking your link about the original FP report it says nothing about propping up a false pope.
It sounded like a vague threat, yes. Troubling yes. But not so concrete and actionable as propping up a false pope.
