Pope Leo XIV will not be joining US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the Vatican’s top diplomat said Tuesday, adding that the United Nations should be left to handle crisis situations.

Pope Leo XIV has declined President Trump’s invitation to join the Board of Peace for Gaza, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, announced Tuesday. The Holy See “will not ...

"The message is clear," writes Joshua Villanueva. "Peace that depends on a single figure may move fast, but it will not last." ...

The pontiff, who has criticized the U.S. president, believes the United Nations should manage international crises, his top diplomat says.

This institutional design may explain why several European governments have stayed out. The United Kingdom, France, and ...

As Cardinal Secretary of State Parolin said, the Holy See insists on the importance of participation by the United Nations in ...

Pope Leo rejects Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ invite and backs UN to solve global crises - Vatican says it has concerns about ...

The Vatican has decided not to join the Board of Peace, an international body primarily focused on post-conflict ...

The Vatican became the latest to reject an invitation to join Trump’s Board of Peace ahead of its first meeting on Thursday. Here’s where other countries stand.

The Board of Peace organization may have conducted its first session on Thursday, February 19, but the Vatican City abstained from attending the meeting following Pope Leo XIV’s rejection of Donald ...

Declining to join the Board of Peace, Vatican officials might point out that true peace can only be achieved through justice and reconciliation, avoiding the peace of the graveyard. How else to ...

White House says more than 20 countries will join inaugural Washington meeting for talks on Gaza reconstruction, security and ...