Pope Leo Rejects Trump’s Gaza “Peace Board” Invitation

After his top Middle East envoy denounced the plan as a “colonialist operation,” the Vatican formally declined to participate in Trump’s pay-to-play Gaza “Peace Board.”

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On Tuesday in Rome, Cardinal Pietro Parolin confirmed what many had begun to suspect. Asked about President Donald Trump’s invitation for Pope Leo XIV to join the U.S.-led Gaza …