Two Catholic Bishops Express Regret Over White House Prayer Photo With Trump
Photo: APTwo Catholic bishops have expressed regret about agreeing to a White House meeting that produced a publicly distributed photo of them praying with President Donald Trump. Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob issued a statement titled as a public apology on Sunday. He said he had received many questions about the episode. The statement's remaining details were not available in the excerpts reviewed.
The bishops' regret centers on the photo, which was circulated publicly after the meeting. One report says the bishops stated the image was used politically. The second bishop is not named in the available text, and the excerpts give no date for the meeting itself. No White House response is included.
Coming from the right, Newsmax leads with the bishops' regret, using a headline that states it directly and repeating the same opening sentence as the AP. Its excerpt names no bishop, includes no quotes, and does not mention political use of the photo. The left-leaning MS NOW excerpt takes a different angle. Its headline says Vice President JD Vance's remarks to a Catholic nun undercut White House claims about religious freedom, and it says Vance has built his career on his faith but set aside its teachings in politics. It does not mention the bishops or the photo, so the two sides overlap only on Catholic religious themes and the Trump administration. The AP, the alternative source, adds the Grob name, the Sunday statement, and the political-use claim.
How the sides differ Right sources report the bishops' regret in plain terms; left sources, in the excerpt, address Vance's remarks to a nun and religious freedom; alternative sources add the political-use claim.
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MS NOW focuses on JD Vance's remarks to a Catholic nun, arguing they undercut White House religious-freedom claims and that Vance sets his faith's teachings aside in politics.
AP names Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob, cites his Sunday statement titled as a public apology, and says the bishops felt the photo was used politically.
Newsmax reports plainly that two Catholic bishops regret agreeing to a White House meeting that produced a photo of them praying with Trump, with no named voices in the excerpt.