>>18914309 '''POTUS Truths Texas AG Ken Paxton 4 times today. Paxton was impeached yesterday. Paxton was also going after NGO's like Catholic Charities. Read on.

>>18914310 AG Paxton Investigates Texas Bar Foundation for Facilitating Mass Influx of Illegal Aliens $ to NGO'S

>>18914312 AG Paxton Files Amicus Brief in Texas Supreme Court Defending Religious Liberty "By allowing a Catholic cleric’s defamation claim against the Diocese of Lubbock to proceed".

>>18914314 Catholic immigrant advocates reject claims of facilitating illegal crossings - Joan Rosenhauer, the executive director of Jesuit Refugee Service - Texas Gov. Abbott called for an investigation

>>18914316 POTUS Paxton truth #4 ends 666 Q Drop 666

>>18914317 POTUS Paxton truth #3 ends 3411 Q Drops 411 & 3411

>>18914319 POTUS Paxton truth #2 ends 079 Q Drop 79 POTUS Paxton truth #1 ends 919 > Q Drop 919

>>18914328 Ted Cruz at the Border "Our NGO's are overwhelmed" Q Drop 1881 NGO workers PURE EVIL [[[[HUNTERS]]]] BECOME THE HUNTED. THE MORE YOU KNOW!!!!!

Texas AG Ken Paxton impeached, suspended from duties; will face Senate trial

The House voted 121-23 to suspend the attorney general and refer him to the Senate for trial on charges of bribery, abuse of office and obstruction. It was the first such impeachment since 1975.

by Zach Despart and James Barragán May 27, 2023 Updated: 3 hours ago

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/27/ken-paxton-impeached-texas-attorney-general/

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

MISSING IN ACTION! Where is the Governor of Texas on his Attorney General’s Impeachment?

May 27, 2023, 8:28 PM https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110443476069885666

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

So this is the RINO who is responsible for the Impeachment of a just re-Elected Attorney General of Texas who has done an outstanding job? What is our Country coming to?

Citizen Free Press

@CitizenFreePress

May 20

Texas House of Representatives Speaker Dade Phelan was either very drunk last night or suffering from a medical condition.

May 27, 2023, 5:50 PM https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110442856141123411

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

The RINO Speaker of the House of Texas, Dade Phelan, who is barely a Republican at all and failed the test on voter integrity, wants to impeach one of the most hard working and effective Attorney Generals in the United States, Ken Paxton, who just won re-election with a large number of American Patriots strongly voting for him. You would think that any issue would have been fully adjudicated by the voters of Texas, especially when that vote was so conclusive….

May 27, 2023, 1:33 PM https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110441844700908079

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

….I love Texas, won it twice in landslides, and watched as many other friends, including Ken Paxton, came along with me. Hopefully Republicans in the Texas House will agree that this is a very unfair process that should not be allowed to happen or proceed—I will fight you if it does. It is the Radical Left Democrats, RINOS, and Criminals that never stop. ELECTION INTERFERENCE! Free Ken Paxton, let them wait for the next election!

May 27, 2023, 1:33 PM https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110441843862377919

Q !!mG7VJxZNCI No.153 📁 #1881

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Aug 15 2018 00:01:13 (EST)

Haiti

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[Read very carefully]

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/sunday-nights-matt-doran-goes-undercover-with-operation-underground-railroad-to-bring-down-haiti-child-sex-ring/news-story/dcecf5950ca5b6d501c48ed927127bc3📁

"Child trafficking victims who’ve spent their formative years servicing the carnal desires of men, often foreigners, who are three, four, five or six times their age. Their madam tells me that many of their customers are western humanitarian workers who’ve come here to help rebuild Haiti after the recent run of natural disasters."

The more you know…

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"This is far from a ‘vigilante group’; leading the team is ex-Department of Homeland Security special agent Tim Ballard, perhaps America’s foremost human trafficking expert. "The problem in Haiti is an international crisis,” Ballard explains. “With so many children displaced or orphaned during the recent earthquake and hurricane, recruiters moved quickly to sweep these children up. And the worst part of it all is that in many cases the clients are the foreigners who’ve come here to help, theNGOworkers and the so-called humanitarians.”

PURE EVIL.

[[[[HUNTERS]]]] BECOME THE HUNTED.

THE MORE YOU KNOW!!!!!

Q

'That's A Ridiculous And Silly Question!': Reporter Incurs Ted Cruz's Explosive Wrath At BorderPart I

Yesterday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) snapped at a reporter during a press briefing on the southern border.

Forbes Breaking News 1.78M subscribers 55,740 views May 12, 2023

https://youtu.be/e0ky7bGgVKk

TED CRUZ "OurNGO's are overwhelmed" "the situation is unsustainable"

REPORTER#1 "and how long have you been in Office?"

REPORTER#2 "Come on, man. This has been going on for 20 years."

DEFINE: NGO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization

Russia had about 277,000 NGOs in 2008.[15] India is estimated to have had about 2 million NGOs in 2009 (approximately one per 600 Indians), many more than the number of the country's primary schools and health centers.[16][17] The United States, by comparison, has approximately 1.5 million NGOs.[18]

DEFINE: Parasite

Illinois report highlighting clergy abuse unlikely to lead to criminal charges against church

IL lawmakers passed a series of laws eliminating all statute of limits on child sex abuse

Published May 25, 2023 7:49am EDT

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul released a report highlighting Catholic clergy abuse in the state. It found that nearly 2,000 children have been abused by clergy in the state since 1950.

Raoul's office referred cases that could lead to potential criminal charges to local prosecutors, but he was not aware of any charges being filed.

Illinois statute of limitations on child sex crimes was eliminated, effective Jan. 1, 2020.

Illinois' attorney general has ended a five-year investigation into sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in the state, releasing a nearly 700-page report that revealed the problem was far worse than the church acknowledged in 2018 at the start of the state's review.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Tuesday that state investigators found that more than 450 Catholic clergy in Illinois had sexually abused nearly 2,000 children since 1950.

But Raoul and other experts say the finding is unlikely to lead to criminal charges.

That follows a familiar pattern— no rush of criminal charges followed the 2018 release of a bombshell grand jury report on clergy abuse in Pennsylvania or last month’s report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Advocates say they believe the report will help more people feel safe to discuss what happened to them with family, friends, support groups and law enforcement. They also say it could prompt people to file civil lawsuits, even for abuse long ago. They hope legislatures take further steps enabling prosecutors to charge older sex abuse cases and toughen standards for mandatory reporting.

"I’m proud of the attorney general and what he’s done, but there’s more we can all do together," said Larry Antonsen, a leader of the Chicago chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.

Raoul said that his office referred cases with potential for criminal charges to local prosecutors but he did not know of any charges being filed.

The attorney general’s report acknowledges that Illinois limitation statutes are, despite legal changes, insurmountable hurdles to prosecuting nearly all clergy who abused children decades ago. Such statutes limiting how long after a crime a suspect can be charged are meant to ensure fairness and avoid issues such as witnesses forgetting over time and evidence going missing.

"Because the statute of limitations has frequently expired, many survivors of child sex abuse at the hands of Catholic clerics will never see justice in a legal sense," the report says.

Into the 2000s, the Illinois limitation statute on child sex abuse was 20 years. State lawmakers passed a series of laws eliminating all statutory limits on child sex abuse, effective Jan. 1 2020, though it is not retroactive for older acts of abuse, with a few rare exceptions. Similar changes were made to filing civil claims. The push to scratch the limitation statutes on child sexual abuse was driven partially by the 2015 case of U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Prosecutors said time had run out to charge him with abusing boys while he was a wrestling coach decades ago, but they did pursue a case against him on banking violations tied to the abuse.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-report-highlighting-clergy-abuse-unlikely-lead-criminal-charges-against-church

>>18924871

Illinois report highlighting clergy abuse unlikely to lead to criminal charges against church Part II

IL lawmakers passed a series of laws eliminating all statute of limits on child sex abuse

Published May 25, 2023 7:49am EDT

There are also practical obstacles, even when older cases might be prosecutable. Many of the priests accused of abuse in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s are dead. So, too, are many potential corroborating witnesses.

The report also says diocese evidence files — which would form the core of any criminal case — are often woefully incomplete, disorganized and sometimes include illegible handwriting. The report says churches typically don't investigate with criminal prosecutions in mind.

"Child sex abuse investigation files from all six dioceses sometimes reveal a bias in favor of protecting the institution over searching for truth," according to the report.

There’s also little possibility of criminal charges against church officials who helped conceal abuse, said David Clohessy, former abuse survivors network national director. Without enforcing reforms to how churches handle these cases, "external forces have been and remain the only effective way to bring even a modicum of change we’ve seen," he said.

In a Pennsylvania case against church officials' handling of abuse complaints, a 20-year effort to convict Monsignor William Lynn of felony child endangerment ended in December with a misdemeanor no contest plea.

Lynn was the first U.S. church official to face criminal charges but his 2012 conviction was overturned twice in the next 10 years.

Civil claims, however, can move forward in Illinois if a child was sexually abused in 2014 or later. But earlier abuse falls under the law at the time.

Attorneys who have handled civil lawsuits on child sex abuse said it can be worthwhile for survivors to sue, even for older abuse not covered by state law.

Marc Pearlman, a Chicago attorney who frequently handles such cases, said attorneys can often negotiate for therapy or counseling at the church's expense. Filing suit at least gives clients an opportunity to discuss what happened to them for the first time and be believed, he said.

Michael Mertz, another attorney who concentrates on child sex abuse cases, also encouraged people who experienced abuse to get legal help and evaluate whether exceptions to the statue of limitations may apply to their case.

"Illinois law currently allows victims of childhood sexual abuse to come forward where the church fraudulently concealed involvement in the abuse," Mertz said. "As this report shows, the church has been concealing the identities of hundreds of abusers."

In statements released Tuesday, dioceses leaders apologized to victims and said they have made substantial changes, ensuring allegations are taken seriously and thoroughly investigated.

The archdiocese of Chicago said in its statement that it offers "care, compassion … and even compensation to all who come forward, regardless of the statute of limitations."

Some states have created "lookback windows" allowing people to sue no matter how long ago they say they were abused.

But in Illinois, it would take a constitutional amendment, according to a 2009 state Supreme Court decision in a lawsuit against three Catholic dioceses. The lawsuit said a priest acting as a school's guest speaker sexually abused a 14-year-old boy decades earlier.

Pearlman, though, said the Illinois investigation's release could create the chance to push a constitutional change through the Legislature and then win voters' support.

"The way to make progress is to continue to make small and medium and big changes when we have the opportunity," he said. " Something like the reports in Pennsylvania, in Maryland, here in Illinois, it creates an opportunity."

https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-report-highlighting-clergy-abuse-unlikely-lead-criminal-charges-against-church

NEARLY 2,000 ILLINOIS CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ABUSED BY CATHOLIC CLERGY SINCE 1950, ACCORDING TO AG'S INVESTIGATIONhttps://www.foxnews.com/us/2000-illinois-children-abused-catholic-clergy-1950-according-ags-investigation

Published May 24, 2023 12:42pm EDT IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan began the investigation in 2018, Raul pushed the investigation forward

ILLINOIS AG PLANS TO DISCUSS FINDINGS FROM 4-YEAR INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE BY CATHOLIC CLERGYhttps://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-ag-plans-discuss-findings-4-year-investigation-alleged-sexual-abuse-catholic-clergy

Published May 23, 2023 12:22pm EDT Preliminary reports indicate the catholic church's 6 diocese did a bad job at investigating allegations

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Attorney general releases investigation into abuse between 1950 and 2019 and hails survivors ‘who have long suffered in silence’

Associated Press and Guardian staff Tue 23 May 2023 14.27 EDT Last modified on Tue 23 May 2023 14.57 EDT

An Illinois attorney general’s office investigation released on Tuesday found that 451 Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 2,000 children in the state over a nearly 70-year period, which was more than four times the 103 individuals the church named when the state began its review in 2018.

The attorney general Kwame Raoul said at a news conference that investigators found that Catholic clergy abused 1,997 children in Illinois between 1950 and 2019.

“It is my hope that this report willshine lightboth on those who violated their positions of power and trust to abuse innocent children, and on the men in church leadership who covered up that abuse,” Raoul said, crediting the accusers for making the review possible.

“These perpetrators may never be held accountable in a court of law, but by naming them here, the intention is to provide a public accountability and a measure of healing to survivors who have long suffered in silence.”

The lengthy report describes Illinois church leaders as woefully slow to acknowledge the extent of the abuse.

It also accuses them of frequently dragging their feet to confront accused clergy and of failing to warn parishioners about possible abusers in their midst, sometimes even decades after allegations emerged about a clergy member – all of which echoes known facts about other dioceses in the US.

The review began in 2018 under Raoul’s predecessor, Lisa Madigan, who released a blistering report as she prepared to leave office.

Raoul committed to continuing the investigation and reported on Tuesday that 25 staff members reviewed more than 100,000 pages of diocesan documents and engaged in more than 600 confidential interactions with contacts.

Among those cited in the report are accusers who contemplated suicide after being abused, and who turned to drugs or alcohol in a bid to cope with “anxiety and feelings of unworthiness”.

“Survivors spoke of years, and often decades, struggling with challenges including insomnia, anxiety, trust issues, nightmares, suicidal ideation, guilt, addiction, alcoholism, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, issues creating and maintaining relationships, and sexual side effects,” according to the report.

In a statement released Tuesday, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (Snap) called the report “stunning” but emphasized that the numbers of victims and abusers cited by state investigators are likelyundercounted.

“There is no questioning the facts of the report – until 2018 when the investigation began, hierarchs in every Illinois diocese kept known abusers under wraps, declined to include them on their accused lists, and refused to acknowledge the truth that survivors of abuse who came forward to make a report shared with them,” the group said. “It is to us, in a word, disgusting that these supposed shepherds would lie so blatantly.”

In a joint statement issued on Friday ahead of Raoul’s announcement, the state’s Catholic dioceses released summaries of their current process following an accusation of abuse and said the attorney general’s review prompted a review of their policies and unspecified changes.

“At this time, working with the office of the attorney general of Illinois, the leaders of all six Illinois dioceses endeavored to make clear and update our approach, mindful of our lived experience and best practices in this field,” the archbishop of Chicago, Blase Cupich, said in the statement.

“Our common goals in doing so are to ensure we offer pastoral support to those affected by this tragedy and to work diligently to prevent it from occurring again.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/23/illinois-children-catholic-clergy-abuse

Attorney general releases investigation into abuse between 1950 and 2019 and hails survivors ‘who have long suffered in silence’

Associated Press and Guardian staff Tue 23 May 2023 14.27 EDT Last modified on Tue 23 May 2023 14.57 EDT

The preliminary report conducted under Madigan found that the dioceses had done a woefully inadequate job of investigating allegations. Raoul, too, accused Catholic leaders of making decisions and policies that “allowed known child sex abusers to hide, often in plain sight”.

He added that the statute of limitations has expired in many cases and that those abusers “will never see justice in a legal sense”.

Similar government-led investigations detailing reports of clergy sexual abuse and church leaders’ failure to hold perpetrators accountable have rocked archdioceses in other states, including Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Governments in other states – including Louisiana – have refused to launch similar investigations.

That remains the case even asLouisiana’slargest archdiocese – in New Orleans – has had to expand its roster of clerics whom it considers to be credibly suspected of child molestation repeatedly after its initial release in 2018 amid reports from media and victims highlighting offenders who should have been included but were omitted.

The archdiocese filed for bankruptcy protection in 2020, putting an indefinite halt to abuse-related litigation against the New Orleans church and minimizing the chances of embarrassing disclosures about its handling of clerical predators.

In its statement on Tuesday, Snap also called on other attorneys general and prosecutors to initiate similar investigations of Catholic dioceses under their authority.

The Catholic Conference of Illinois says 3.5 million Catholics make up approximately 27% of Illinois’ total population.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/23/illinois-children-catholic-clergy-abuse

In the US, call or text the Childhelp abuse hotline on 800-422-4453.

In the UK, the NSPCC offers support to children on 0800 1111, and adults concerned about a child on 0808 800 5000.

The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac) offers support for adult survivors on 0808 801 0331.

In Australia, children, young adults, parents and teachers can contact the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800, or Bravehearts on 1800 272 831, and adult survivors can contact Blue Knot Foundation on 1300 657 380. Other sources of help can be found at Child Helplines International

Pope Francis says situation at U.S.-Mexico border is 'serious problem'

Vatican City — May 26, 2023

Pope Francis called the migration crisis between Mexico and the United States a "serious problem" and praised a U.S. bishop working along the border during an interview with Telemundo journalist Julio Vaqueiro.

In the interview, broadcast May 25, the pope was shown photos of a baby wrapped in a blanket and placed inside a suitcase to be taken across the Rio Grande into the United States.

"It's a serious problem there," the pope said in response. "On the other side (of the border) there is a great man, Bishop Seitz" of El Paso, Texas.

"This bishop feels (the problem)," Francis said. "The problem of migrants is serious, it's serious there and it's serious here," he said about Europe, particularly "along the Libyan coast."

Speaking about his own experience as a child of immigrants, and now as an immigrant in Rome, the pope said that every person who leaves his or her homeland "misses the air of their birthplace."

"The mate you make in a thermos yourself is not the same as the mate your mom or your aunt makes for you," he said, referring to the caffeinated herbal drink popular in Argentina.

Vaqueiro asked Francis about his meeting May 13 with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The pope said Zelenskyy asked for his help inreturning Ukrainian childrenwho have been taken into Russia and told the pope to "not dream much about mediations."

https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/pope-francis-says-situation-us-mexico-border-serious-problem

FYI - A small list of links concerning the Reality of Catholic Charities

https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/whos-really-facilitating-americas-border-crisis-biden-isnt-acting-alone

https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2022/12/15/border-crisis-republicans-catholic-charities-244359

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/19/migrants-using-catholic-charities-to-shield-themse/

https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/catholic-charities-under-siegeCatholic Charities Under SiegeHouse Republicans and TX bearing down hard

https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/catholic-charities-san-antonio-title-42-18082221.php

https://www.wilx.com/2023/05/08/st-vincent-catholic-charities-helps-lansing-refugees/

http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/60497-catholic-charities-launches-the-agape-project

12/25/22 (Sun) Christmas Day

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

On this very cold but beautiful Christmas Day, look at our Nation NOW on the Southern Border compared to only a short time ago during the Trump Administration.

We had the most SECURE Border in our history, versus the “horror show” that that is happening now, with record setting numbers of people, many of them hardened Criminals (including Killers, Human Traffickers and Drug Dealers), POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY at a rate the likes of which we have never seen before. The USA is dyingfrom within!!!

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Holy See–United States relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See_United_States_relations

The current United States Ambassador to the Holy See is Joe Donnelly, who replaced the ad interim Chargé d'Affaires, Patrick Connell, on April 11, 2021. The Holy See is represented by its apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, who assumed office on April 12, 2016. The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See is located in Rome, in the Villa Domiziana. The Nunciature to the United States is located in Washington, D.C., at 3339 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

History

1797–1867

The United States maintained consular relations with the Papal States from 1797 under President George Washington and Pope Pius VI to 1867 and President Andrew Johnson and Pope Pius IX. Diplomatic relations existed with the Pope, in his capacity as head of state of the Papal States, from 1848 under President James K. Polk to 1867 under President Andrew Johnson, though not at the ambassadorial level. These relations lapsed when on February 28, 1867, Congress passed legislation that prohibited any future funding of United States diplomatic missions to the Holy See. This decision was based on mounting anti-Catholic sentiment in the United States,[1] fueled by the conviction and hanging of Mary Surratt, and three other Catholics, for taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Her son, John Surratt, also Catholic, was accused of plotting with John Wilkes Booth in the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He served briefly as a Pontifical Zouave but was recognized and arrested. He escaped to Egypt but was eventually arrested and extradited. There was also an allegation that the Pope had forbidden the celebration of Protestant religious services, which had been held weekly in the home of the American Minister in Rome, within the walls of the city.[2]

History

1867–1984

From 1867 to 1984, the United States did not have diplomatic relations with the Holy See in the wake of rumors of Catholic implication in the Lincoln assassination.[3]

The critics finally won out in 1867 when the US Congress withdrew all funding for the legation in Rome.

The apparent reason was a rumor relating to the religious freedom of Protestants in the Papal States. From the beginning of the legation in Rome, Papal authorities had allowed the celebration of Protestant religious services in the home of the American Minister.

When the services grew, they were moved to a rented apartment under the seal of the American Legation to accommodate the participants. The news floating around Washington and being reported in the New York Times was that the Pope had forced the Protestant group outside the walls of Rome.

That, according to Rufus King, the American Minister himself, was untrue in its entirety.

In his June 1908 apostolic constitution, Sapienti Consilio, Pope Pius X decreed that as of November 3 that year, the Catholic Church in the United States would no longer be supervised by the Vatican's missionary agency, the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (Propaganda Fide) and would now be a mission-sending Church, not “mission territory.”

Several presidents designated personal envoys to visit the Holy See periodically for discussions of international humanitarian and political issues. The first was Postmaster General James Farley, the first high-ranking government official to normalize relations with the Holy See. In 1933, Farley set sail for Europe, along with Soviet Commissar of Foreign Affairs Maxim Litvinov, on the Italian liner SS Conte di Savoia. In Italy, Farley had an audience with Pope Pius XI and dinner with Cardinal Pacelli, who was to succeed to the papacy in 1939.[4] Myron Charles Taylor served Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman from 1939 to 1950.[5]

Several presidents designated personal envoys to visit the Holy See periodically for discussions of international humanitarian and political issues. The first was Postmaster General James Farley, the first high-ranking government official to normalize relations with the Holy See. In 1933, Farley set sail for Europe, along with Soviet Commissar of Foreign Affairs Maxim Litvinov, on the Italian liner SS Conte di Savoia. In Italy, Farley had an audience with Pope Pius XI and dinner with Cardinal Pacelli, who was to succeed to the papacy in 1939.[4] Myron Charles Taylor served Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman from 1939 to 1950.[5]

Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan also appointed personal envoys to the Pope. Also, all of those presidents, in addition to Truman,[6] Eisenhower,[7] Kennedy,[8] Johnson,[9] and all later presidents, along with the first ladies, in diplomatic dress code black and mantillas, have visited the Vatican, during the course of their administrations.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

On October 20, 1951, President Truman nominated former General Mark W. Clark to be the United States emissary to the Holy See. Clark later withdrew his nomination on January 13, 1952, following protests from Senator Tom Connally (D-TX) and Protestant groups.

The official prohibition lasted until September 22, 1983, when it was repealed by the "Lugar Act".[21]

The Vatican has historically been accused of being un-American, at least until the presidency of John F. Kennedy (see Americanism (heresy), nativism and anti-Catholicism in the United States). The bulk of the accusation is found in Paul Blanshard's book American Freedom and Catholic Power, which attacked the Holy See on grounds that it was a dangerous, powerful, foreign and undemocratic institution.

1984–present

U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama meet with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on July 10, 2009

Pope Francis and President Barack Obama at the White House in 2015.

The United States and the Holy See announced the establishment of diplomatic relations on January 10, 1984.[22][23] In sharp contrast to the long record of strong domestic opposition, this time there was very little opposition from Congress, the courts, and Protestant groups.[24] On March 7, 1984, the Senate confirmed William A. Wilson as the first U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. Ambassador Wilson had been President Reagan's personal envoy to the Pope since 1981.[23] The Holy See named Archbishop Pio Laghi as the first Apostolic Nuncio (equivalent to ambassador) of the Holy See to the U.S.[23] Archbishop Laghi had been Pope John Paul II's apostolic delegate to the Catholic Church in the United States since 1980. Relations between President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II were close especially because of their shared anti-communism and keen interest in forcing the Soviets out of Poland.[25] Also, the two men forged a common bond over having survived assassination attempts just six weeks apart in the spring of 1981.

Following the September 11 attacks and the beginning of the US war on terrorism from 2001, the Vatican has been critical of the war on terrorism in general, and particularly critical of the US policies in Iraq.[26] On July 10, 2009, then-president Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI met in Rome.[27] A planned relocation of the U.S. embassy to the Holy See to the same location as the U.S. embassy to Italy drew criticism from several former U.S. ambassadors.[28] On March 27, 2014, Obama and Pope Francis met in Rome; this was followed by Pope Francis's 2015 visit to North America in September 2015, where, after visiting Cuba, he went to the U.S., and participated in the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, and also visited Washington, D.C., and New York City.[29]

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on May 24, 2017.

In June 2015, the United States and the Holy See concluded their first inter-governmental agreement which aims at curtailing offshore tax evasion through automatic exchange of tax information.[30]

In May 2017, then-president Donald Trump met with Pope Francis in the Vatican. The two exchanged gifts, and following a closed door meeting, Trump said "Thank you. Thank you. I won't forget what you said[.]"[31]

In October 2021, President Joe Biden met with Pope Francis in the Vatican. Biden later claimed that Pope Francis said in a private meeting that he was a good Catholic and should continue to receive Communion.[32]

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Wonder why?

Could any other RELIGIOUS group?

Why?

What did Voltaire say?