I take it to mean the avignonesque threat itself: the "weapon" is metaphorical, the exertion of American imperial power against the Pope himself.

April 08, 2026 - 21:20 UTC

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It is quite funny they threatened a French Cardinal with that, on top of it (who would know very well the Avignon papaucy demise)
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Not only that, but a French Cardinal who succeeded the schismatic Viganó as Apostolic Nuncio to the US. So, yeah, someone already familiar with the corrosive mixing of Trumpism and ultra-right Catholicism.
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