Pete Hegseth, who built his career on defending religious freedom, just claimed authority to grant the Pope permission to lead the Catholic Church—as if a Pentagon official has jurisdiction over a sovereign state and 1.3 billion believers. The same man who attacks government overreach is now asserting he can greenlight papal duties like some cosmic bureaucrat. This is what happens when a Fox News personality gets a Cabinet seat and forgets how the world actually works.

Source: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekender/saved-pete-hegseth-gives-the-pope-leeway-to-do-his-thing