American-Born Pope Snubs Trump Invitation To Gaza Board Of Peace

[rangerrebew]

American-Born Pope Snubs Trump Invitation To Gaza Board Of Peace
 
by Tyler Durden
Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026 - 01:20 PM

The Vatican will not be joining US President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace" after Washington specifically invited Pope Leo XIV to join the massive post-war Gaza reconstruction project overseen by the United States and Israel.

The Vatican’s top diplomat argued Tuesday that the United Nations should be left to handle crisis situations, and not a 'private' board with a one billion dollar buy-in.
 
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See Secretary of State, told a press briefing that the Vatican is left "perplexed" by some points of the plan - meaning that "critical issues" must be resolved for the Vatican to seriously consider it.

Leo's invitation was first extended by the US administration last month. The plan is for Trump himself chair the board on an indefinite basis - and Washington's deep investment involvement has raised eyebrows across the Arab world. Many Arab officials and especially the Palestinians see it as a 'neo-colonial project' aimed at further solidifying Israel's hold over the Strip, and toward finally pushing the native inhabitants out forever.

A chief concern of the Roman Catholic Church "is that at the international level it should above all be the UN that manages these crisis situations. This is one of the points on which we have insisted."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/american-born-pope-snubs-trump-invitation-gaza-board-peace

[rangerrebew]

You can take a liberal out of Chicago, but you can't take liberalism out of a liberal, no matter how supposedly "holy," or what "holy" lies and misinformation he spreads.  He will still be more drawn to the evil of earth than the goodness of God.  This is a classic example of how the leader of the Catholic Church, with a chance to spread peace around the earth, instead prefers to show his hatred for Trump.

[Idiot]

You can take a liberal out of Chicago, but you can't take liberalism out of a liberal, no matter how supposedly "holy," or what "holy" lies and misinformation he spreads.  He will still be more drawn to the evil of earth than the goodness of God.  This is a classic example of how the leader of the Catholic Church, with a chance to spread peace around the earth, instead prefers to show his hatred for Trump.

He is kind of right about the billion dollar buy in....

[Timber Rattler]

You can take a liberal out of Chicago, but you can't take liberalism out of a liberal, no matter how supposedly "holy," or what "holy" lies and misinformation he spreads.  He will still be more drawn to the evil of earth than the goodness of God.  This is a classic example of how the leader of the Catholic Church, with a chance to spread peace around the earth, instead prefers to show his hatred for Trump.

I don't that that's the issue at all.  The issue is the $1 billion "buy in/pay to play" that is off-putting to the Vatican.  It smells rotten.