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Posted on 01/21/2026 1:27:20 PM PST by Angelino97
Pope Leo is among world leaders invited to join U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace", Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's top diplomatic official, said on Wednesday.
Leo, the first U.S. pope and a critic of some of Trump's policies, is evaluating the invitation, he said.
"The pope has received an invitation and we are considering what to do," Parolin told journalists. "I believe it will be something that requires a bit of time for consideration before giving a response."
The board was initially aimed at ending the conflict in Gaza, however Trump has said it will have a much broader remit and resolve conflicts globally.
While some countries, such as Israel and Egypt, have accepted the invitation, a number of others have expressed caution with diplomats warning it could harm the work of the United Nations.
The Vatican press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Parolin's remarks.
Leo, who has shown a robust but quiet diplomatic style since being elected pope last May, has decried conditions for Palestinians living in Gaza several times, including in a forceful sermon on Christmas Eve.
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Net positive. They can take anything he says with a grain of salt but his presence on the Board gives it an important aura of legitimacy.
Will Vatican City have to hand over a billion dollars?
YES!!!!!!! Get back some of the congregational money and put it to a better cause than supporting liberal cardinals.
“I believe it will be something that requires a bit of time for consideration before giving a response”
Cardinal Pietro Parolin; top diplomatic official of Vatican.
That’s a lot of hemming and hawin’ to say ‘we need to see if the Liberal/ Progressive/ Agnostic arms of The Church will approve of it first.”
There is no "hemming and hawing."
Any intelligent person -- Trump included -- would take time to consider the details.
1) That’s one way to make him put his money where his mouth is ... Pope wants peace? Great! We’re forming a Peace Council and you’re invited. Let’s get to work!
2) Israel and Egypt? I throw a lot of rocks and Jimmy Carter ... and they’re deserved ... But getting those two countries to talk to each other was brilliant. Maybe the only good thing President Rabbit ever did.
3) Harm the United Nations? To HELL with the United Nations!
Maybe it will get him away from Global Warming
TIME FOR THE POPE TO COME OUT INTO THE OPEN & SEE THE REAL WORLD, IMO
Pope Leo -- pretty much every pope -- spend a lot of time in "the real world" before becoming pope.
And they remain in the real world. They travel the globe and meet with world leaders.
Hey wait, that's the same world that Trump inhabits.
Are you saying that Trump doesn't live in "the real world"?
Just to let everyone know, I was NOT asked :-) but it would have been cool though
Hopefully the Pope joins the Trump Team.👍
Leo is checking the pennies for Jesus jar as we speak, hopefully he won’t have to have the priests put the squeeze on little kids to come up with more pennies for Jesus.
PL could make a deal with Trump. Have him Build a Trump 20 story hotel in Vatican City then the Pope will sit on the board. Just a thought!
Pope needs to consult with China handlers.
Does the Vatican have any money left to pay the 1 Billion dollar fee? After all the Pedophile Priest lawsuits around the entire world?
a number of others have expressed caution with diplomats warning it could harm the work of the United Nations.
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These “others” would be the flim flammers, grifters, fraudsters, and American haters who don’t want to become more irrelevant and useless than they already are!
My President makes trivial mistakes from time to time, but this would be a really big one. That Servant of Satan should NOT play a role because he’s fundamentally a GLOBALIST, and that should be obvious to Trump and his advisors!
‘ My President makes trivial mistakes from time to time, but this would be a really big one. That Servant of Satan should NOT play a role because he’s fundamentally a GLOBALIST, and that should be obvious to Trump and his advisors!’
Catholic literally means universal, so he beyond globalist.
Hope he brings his billion.
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