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On Easter, Pope Leo XIV encouraged everyone to join him in a prayer vigil for peace on Saturday, April 11. The staff of America unites our fervent prayer for peace in Iran and throughout the world with those of the Holy Father and all who seek an end to conflict.
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Holy See Press Office issued a statement April 10 disputing a report by The Free Press several days earlier that the Vatican’s top diplomat in the U.S. was brought to the Pentagon in January for a “bitter lecture” about comments from Pope Leo XIV that some senior U.S. defense officials perceived as criticism of the Trump administration.
“The narrative offered by some media outlets about this meeting is completely untrue,” the Vatican press office statement said.
It said that Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the former papal ambassador to the U.S., “confirmed” that his Jan. 22 meeting with Eldridge Colby, U.S. undersecretary of war for policy, at the Pentagon “was part of the Papal Representative’s regular mission and provided the opportunity for an exchange of views on matters of mutual interest.”
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The top Vatican diplomat in the U.S. was brought to the Pentagon in January for a “bitter lecture” about comments from Pope Leo XIV that some senior U.S. defense officials perceived as criticism of the Trump administration, The Free Press reported April 6.
A spokesperson for the Pentagon confirmed a meeting took place, but denied the report’s description of that meeting in written comments to OSV News.
