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Debjit Sinha

US midterm elections 2026: Iowa, Milwaukee Catholic Bishops issue 'public apology' for White House meeting with Donald Trump, claims prayer photo with President is used politically

Two 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. This comes days ahead of U.S midterm elections 2026.

Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob, in a statement titled “A Public Apology,” said on Sunday that he had received many questions and comments — some of them distraught — about the meeting on Thursday which he and 11 other bishops attended. He said the meeting was speedily publicized by the White House with photos and a video, without consent of the participants, and less than two weeks away from the midterm elections.

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