Pope Leo Joins U.S. Allies in Major Trump Snub

Pope Leo XIV has joined the U.S.’s long-standing allies in turning down an invitation to join President Donald Trump’s dubious peace initiative.

The Vatican will not join the president’s so-called “Board of Peace,” a United Nations knock-off that gives Trump the power to handpick the organization’s members, approve the group’s agenda, and manage its finances, the Vatican’s top diplomatic official said Tuesday.

President Donald Trump was joined by a group of strongmen and minor global players, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, for the January launch of his

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