The Avignon Papacy, a medieval period when the Catholic Church's centre of power shifted from Rome to southern France, has reportedly been referenced in a Pentagon with a senior US official and a ...

One Pentagon official’s reported reference to an “Avignon papacy” has widely been interpreted as a direct threat by Donald Trump's administration against the Vatican and Pope Leo XIV, who has been ...

A reported reference to the “Avignon Papacy” during a closed-door Pentagon meeting has sparked debate amid tensions between Donald Trump’s administration and the Vatican. While the historical term may ...