Catholic Bishops Regret White House Prayer Photo with Trump, Say It Was Used Politically
The bishops said the White House publicized the prayer as a political image without permission, drawing criticism days before the midterm elections.
- Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob issued a public apology Sunday regarding his participation in the October 22 White House prayer meeting, stating it was "in no way an endorsement of the president, his policies, or his party."
- Intended as a private discussion on church issues like immigration and religious visas, the meeting involved 11 other bishops directed to pray for President Donald Trump without consenting to public distribution of the recording.
- Archbishop James Golka, another participant, addressed the video viewed about 1.8 million times on X, stating, "That was never my intention," regarding how people perceived the footage as an endorsement.
- Grob expressed "heavy sadness" after receiving messages of "serious concern" from those wounded by the president's policies, concluding bishops "should never have been put in that position by the White House" before the November 3 election.
- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops described the video as an attempt to "hijack the message" of their organization, while White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers defended the president's record regarding Catholic Americans.
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A US bishop has apologized after images surfaced of him and other priests praying with Donald Trump at the White House, drawing criticism for alleged political partisanship.
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