Why America and the Vatican Have Fallen Out

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When the Vatican elected the Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV last year, there was some expectation that relations between the Vatican and the US would be somewhat special. But that doesn't appear to be the case, so, in this video, we're taking a look at how it all went wrong and how this could pose a political threat to Trump.

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Sources

Free Press Report
https://www.thefp.com/p/why-the-vatican-and-the-white-house

Avignon Papacy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avignon_Papacy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Boniface_VIII

Trump - Pope meme
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1918502592335724809/photo/1

Lampedusa disaster
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/among-pope-leos-africa-destinations-are-targets-usaid-cuts

Pope Leo XIV Africa tour
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/among-pope-leos-africa-destinations-are-targets-usaid-cuts

USCCB statement
https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/us-bishops-issue-special-message-immigration-plenary-assembly-baltimore

Pope Leo XIV comments against White House
https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-leos-critique-trump-ends-honeymoon-with-conservative-catholics-2025-10-02/
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/01/nx-s1-5560169/pope-leo-xiv-says-inhuman-treatment-of-immigrants-in-the-u-s-isnt-pro-life
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lq751964mo
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2026/03/01/pope-leo-iran-united-states-israel-war-trump/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/29/pope-rebuke-trump-leaders-with-hands-full-of-blood
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/07/pope-leo-condemns-trumps-latest-threats-against-iran-00862464

Pope Leo XIV annual address
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/january/documents/20260109-corpo-diplomatico.html