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Posted on 02/18/2026 12:37:46 PM PST by ebb tide
The Holy See has declined President Donald Trump’s invitation to join the Board of Peace, the stated aim of which is the governance of global areas affected by conflict.
On Wednesday, February 17, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin told reporters that the Holy See “will not participate in the Board of Peace due to its particular nature, which is clearly not that of other states.”
When he was asked about Italy’s participation on the Board of Peace as an observer, Parolin said some of the points of the board “leave one somewhat perplexed.”
READ: Trump announces ‘Board of Peace’ to rival UN, oversee Gaza’s transition away from Hamas
“There are critical points that need to be explained. The important thing is that an attempt is being made to provide an answer,” he stated.
“However, for us, there are some critical issues that need to be resolved,” the cardinal said, stressing that “one concern is that, at the international level, it is primarily the U.N. that manages these crisis situations. This is one of the points on which we have emphasized.”
After the U.S. invited Pope Leo XIV and the Vatican to join the newly established Board of Peace, Parolin said on January 21 that the Vatican was evaluating whether to join Trump’s initiative. Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, later weighed in on the Catholic Church’s participation, arguing that the initiative represents “a colonialist operation” and therefore “the task of the Church is not this.”
READ: Cardinal Pizzaballa slams US-backed ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza as ‘colonialist operation’
More than 25 countries, including Hungary and Argentina, have joined the board, which is intended to help settle conflicts around the world. However, several countries, including the U.K., New Zealand, Germany, and France, have rejected the invitation.
The Board of Peace is seen as an attempted competitor to the United Nations, prompting outrage among liberals and globalists.
In recent decades, the U.N. has become one of the most powerful global adversaries of Christian morals, with its promotion of unrestricted abortion and contraception, depopulation efforts, homosexuality, and transgenderism – including “gender transitions” for children, obscene “sexual education,” and other anti-life and anti-family practices and ideologies. The international body has repeatedly pressured countries to abandon pro-life and pro-family policies.
The U.N. has also strongly pushed radical climate policies and COVID mandates and worked to undermine marriage and parental rights, including in education and medical decisions, freedom of speech, and religious liberty.
Conservatives have long criticized the U.N. for threatening countries’ sovereignty and failing to fulfill its stated mission of advancing global peace.
Trump has suggested that the Board of Peace may replace the United Nations, saying on Tuesday, “The U.N. just hasn’t been very helpful.”
Trump announced plans for the board last fall as part of his peace proposal for Gaza but has said that the initiative will focus on other regions as well.
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“Pizzaballa”?? That’s a spicy meatballa!
I don’t blame them for not wanting to join.
Aside from the fact it is likely to be a morass because the Arabs are the proverbial turd that resists polishing, it’s not the purpose of the Church.
The better response, however, would not have referred to the UN, but rather, “Our purpose is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and through Christ bring an everlasting peace, and we need to focus on our mission.”
But, hey, globalist idiots have to global.
The Vatican isn’t a member of the UN either. By uninviting Canada, this Board of Peace has shown itself to be just another poltical club anyway.
The Vatican is useless as teats on a boar.
The Vatican shouldn’t have been invited and was right for declining, for whatever reason. Another fart in the wind article, ebby.
It is far from clear at this point just what the Vatican thinks the purpose of the Church really is. Bergoglio lost the plot early and never recovered it, and Leo is following Francis’s leftwing rabbit trail.
The Vatican holds permanent observer status at the U.N.
Try to imagine if Pope John Paul were the primate when Russia and Ukraine, two ostensibly Christian countries, were fighting this useless war that was killing so many of their people. He would not have rested trying to stop it and using his influence to negotiate a real peace. Contrast that with the actual behavior of Pope Francis. The war raged during his pontificate and the Vatican did virtually nothing to secure peace. Any suprise that the current Vatican staffed by Francis acolytes, chooses to do virtually nothing?
If the Vatican instructed all Catholics to renounce God and jump into a lake of fire, you'd be the first one in.
The world’s largest collection of protected pedophiles has no business being on anyone’s board of peace.
Yeah, that is not the same as being a member who votes.
No, but the Vatican had an option to join Trump’s Board of Peace as an observer, as Italy has done; but Leo’s animosity towards Trump has been obvious from day one of his papacy.
Did he say that? He just said it was the correct call.
I happen to agree this is the correct call, albeit for the wrong reason and that the UN is worthless. (My post stating my reasoning in more detail is above.)
I’m Catholic and hold no illusions regarding the last two and perhaps three popes.
A whole series of worthless and harmful clunkers that makes “is the pope Catholic?” an actually legitimate question.
Hoping the UnitedNazis can be shut down SOON!
Yes, he did say "for whatever reasons"
Oystir has defended the Vatican blessing homo couples.
He has defended giving Holy Communion to adulterers in states of mortal sin.
He has defended the illicit bishops in Red China.
He's a proud supporter of Jimmy Martin's personal mission to "queer" the Catholic Church.
All of the above "for whatever reasons" the Vatican has.
The Poop has too many Musloids to orally service....
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