Pope Leo XIV considering invitation to join Trump’s new Board of Peace

VATICAN CITY  — Pope Leo XIV is considering an offer from Donald Trump to join the U.S. president’s new Board of Peace, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said.

“Trump is asking various countries to participate, I think I read that Italy is also reflecting on whether or not to join,” the Vatican secretary of state said. “We have received this invitation too.”

“The pope has received the invitation and we are assessing what to do. We are examining it,” Parolin said. ---More...