Yet now, the Vatican has clearly said it will not take part in Trump’s plan. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s top diplomat, said Pope Leo believes situations like the Gaza conflict should be handled by the United Nations, not by a board led by a single country.

According to the Independent, a Vatican spokesman told reporters: “This administration is trying to enforce our nation’s laws in the most humane way possible, and we are upholding the law. We are doing that on behalf of the people of our country who live here.”