Pope Leo XIV has been invited to join US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace", the Vatican's secretary of state said Wednesday, as reported by local news agencies.

The three Catholic cardinals urged the Trump admin to adopt a moral foreign policy, criticizing Venezuela's action, Greenland threats, and aid cuts.

ROME (AP) — Three U.S. Catholic cardinals urged the Trump administration on Monday to use a moral compass in pursuing its foreign policy, saying U.S. military action in Venezuela, threats of acquiring Greenland and cuts in foreign aid risk bringing vast suffering instead of promoting peace.

In a wounded, polarized world, "people are not merely asking for efficiency or strength," writes Stan Chu IIo. "They are searching for leadership that can heal, rehumanize and sow hope where cynicism has taken root.

Pope Leo XIV has criticized the administration’s treatment of migrants, its antipathy toward Europe and the use of what he characterized as 'diplomacy based on force.'

While the rest of the Catholic world enjoyed its Christmas Eve, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin met with Brian Burch, the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, discussing a deal that would allow Venezuela’s President Nicholás Maduro to escape to a comfortable exile in Russia.

President Donald Trump will meet Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the White House on Thursday.

The 7 follows President Donald Trump’s second term. The Vatican lobbied the U.S. to allow Maduro to seek asylum in Russia. Exclusive: The Vatican’s Secretary of State lobbied U.S. officials to let Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro escape to Russia, hoping to avoid bloodshed and destabilization in Venezuela.

America's top Catholic leaders are issuing a pointed warning about how the United States wields its power abroad. In a joint statement, Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of Washington,