{"id":149425,"date":"2026-04-10T05:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149425"},"modified":"2026-04-10T05:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:15:07","slug":"pentagon-plays-down-rift-with-vatican-despite-pope-leos-criticismunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149425","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon plays down rift with Vatican despite Pope Leo\u2019s criticismUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Pentagon and the Vatican denied allegations of a rift following Pope Leo\u2019s criticism of the Trump administration and a news report of a contentious meeting between a papal envoy and a top US defence official.<br \/>\nIn separate statements, the two sides both professed an eagerness to get along, saying the meeting that occurred in January was frank but polite. The Defence Department issued a statement that said \u201cwe have nothing but the highest regard and welcome continued dialogue with the Holy&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3349613\/pentagon-plays-down-rift-vatican-despite-pope-leos-criticism?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Pentagon and the Vatican denied allegations of a rift following Pope Leo\u2019s criticism of the Trump administration and a news&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149425"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}