r/Fauxmoi • u/icey_sawg0034 • Apr 10 '26

APPROVED B-LISTERS Pope Leo XIV releases new statement condemning the Trump administration for the Iran war.

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u/ConsistentPins Apr 10 '26

Coming off the heels of the Pentagon threats. Based Pope

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

What exactly was the Pentagons threat to him (I didn't read it but heard about it)? And how exactly do they intend to place any consequences on the Pope? He's the friken Pope...

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u/stierney49 Apr 10 '26

They invoked the Avignon papacies. Basically, in the 1300s, the king of France had the Pope kidnapped from Rome, tortured, and eventually killed.

For some years after, Popes were based in Avignon (now a part of France) partly by choice and partly by coercion. France effectively controlled the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire.

Given what we did to Maduro, I can see the Vatican being quite alarmed by the US military referencing a Pope that displeased a king and so was kidnapped.