Several major Western allies, however, have declined to participate in Trump's board including France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. The post Pope Leo Snubs Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’: Vatican Has ‘Insisted’ the UN Manage ‘Crisis Situations’ first appeared on Mediaite.

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The Vatican will not participate in U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called "Board of Peace" initiative, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's top diplomatic official,

The meeting included officials from nearly 50 countries, with 27 of the countries joining the board and the remainder attending as observers.

Karoline Leavitt is not pleased with the Vatican's snubbing of Donald Trump's "Board of Peace. " The Vatican’s top diplomatic official, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said on Tuesday, February 17, that the Vatican believes the United Nations should handle potential crisis situations after the president extended an invitation to Pope Leo to join his newly established peacekeeping committee.