The White House uses a meeting with the Catholic religious clergy for election purposes. Two Catholic bishops regretted their agreement to visit the White House; A meeting where a photo of them praying with President Donald Trump was produced and made public. Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grubb said Sunday in a statement titled "Public Apology" that he had received many questions and comments, some of them disturbing, about Thursday's meeting, which he and 11 other bishops attended. He said the White House released this meeting quickly and in photos and videos, without the consent of the participants and less than two weeks before the midterm elections. "I feel a great sense of sadness, not only because of the pain and suffering I caused, but because something so sacred to a group of religious leaders, the prayer to our Father in Heaven, would be handled in this way," Grubb said. He wrote: "I wish I were wiser and less naive, like those who took advantage of our meeting for partisan political purposes. "I pray that I will be more careful and wiser from now on, while remaining steadfast in my willingness to engage and pray for political leaders at all levels."

The White House uses a meeting with the Catholic religious clergy for election purposes. Two Catholic bishops regretted their agreement to visit the White House; A meeting where a photo of them praying with President Donald Trump was produced and made public. Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grubb said Sunday in a statement titled "Public Apology" that he had received many questions and comments, some of them disturbing, about Thursday's meeting, which he and 11 other bishops attended. He said the White House released this meeting quickly and in photos and videos, without the consent of the participants and less than two weeks before the midterm elections. "I feel a great sense of sadness, not only because of the pain and suffering I caused, but because something so sacred to a group of religious leaders, the prayer to our Father in Heaven, would be handled in this way," Grubb said. He wrote: "I wish I were wiser and less naive, like those who took advantage of our meeting for partisan political purposes. "I pray that I will be more careful and wiser from now on, while remaining steadfast in my willingness to engage and pray for political leaders at all levels."