Pope Leo XIV stated over the past hour on December 10 that parts of a document make a huge change to the longstanding alliance between Europe and the United States and that recent remarks about Europe aim to break it apart, according to an X post by @Tendar shared during the 8:15 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. UTC reporting window. In the full quote posted by @Tendar, Pope Leo XIV said: “I haven’t read the whole thing. I think, unfortunately, some parts of it that I have seen make a huge change in what was for many, many years a true alliance between Europe and the United States. The remarks that were made about Europe also in interviews recently, I think, are trying to break apart what I think needs to be a very important alliance today and in the future.” The Pope's comments come shortly after Republican Rep. Thomas Massie introduced bill HR 6508 earlier this morning at 7:22 a.m. UTC to withdraw the United States from NATO, which he called a "Cold War relic" whose funds should prioritize US domestic security, according to a NOELreports post on X reported in a prior update. In a separate development during the same one-hour window, X user @Rebel44CZ posted criticism of President Donald Trump's peace negotiations, listing them as failures in Ukraine-Russia, Sudan-RSF, Democratic Republic of Congo-M23/Rwanda, and Thailand-Cambodia conflicts, translated from French.
