Bishops Regret White House Prayer Meeting Publicity Before Midterms
Catholic bishops from Milwaukee and Des Moines have expressed regret over participating in a White House prayer meeting with President Donald Trump. They stated the meeting, intended for private discussion on specific issues, was publicized with photos and video without…
Cedar Rapids Waterloo Iowa City & Dubuque, IA, October 25, 2026 —
Catholic bishops from Milwaukee and Des Moines have expressed regret over taking part in a White House prayer meeting with President Donald Trump, saying the gathering was intended to be a private discussion but was publicized with photos and video without their consent.
The bishops said the White House used the meeting politically less than two weeks before the midterm elections. The available information does not identify the bishops by name, specify which issues were discussed, or describe how the images and video were presented.
The account also does not provide the date of the meeting, the number of people who attended, or the bishops’ exact statements. It says only that they expressed regret about participating and objected to the meeting’s public presentation and political use.
The circumstances they described distinguish the gathering’s intended format from what followed: the meeting was meant for private discussion on specific issues, while photos and video were subsequently made public. The bishops said they had not consented to that publicity.
No further details were provided about the White House’s response, whether the bishops had raised concerns before the material was released, or what specific political use they were referring to. The available account does not say whether the meeting addressed campaign-related matters.
The information provided offers no additional context about the participants or the discussion. It therefore does not establish what was said during the meeting or how the publicity was handled beyond the bishops’ stated objection. Their regret centers on participating in a meeting that they said was intended to remain private and was later publicized and used politically in the period before the midterm elections.
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