Caving to the Left: Catholic Bishop Issues Public Apology for His White House Visithttps://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/10/26/caving-to-the-left-catholic-bishop-issues-public-apology-for-his-white-house-visit-n4958696On October 22, Archbishop Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee joined 11 other bishops on a visit to the White House, which the White House’s Faith Office organized. Grob said that he and his fellow bishops received an invitation to go to Washington to talk about “matters of importance to the Church and our people, including immigration enforcement, religious worker visas, and human dignity.”
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Grob said the Heritage Foundation helped liaise this meeting during its planning.
“We were told the meeting was to be a private discussion, that several Catholic members of the cabinet might make an appearance, and that there could be an opportunity to pray privately with the president,” he claimed without making it clear who told him that.
According to Grob, the bishops met with administration officials for about 90 minutes, and then they went to the Oval Office, where they met in person with President Donald Trump. He presented them with “commemorative tokens,” and as is the case with the vast majority of Oval Office meetings, photographers positioned the group with Trump behind the Resolute Desk for an obvious photo op. A dead giveaway for all participants would have been the still photographer and the videographer in the room capturing all of it with their cameras.
A photographer captured the group, clearly with their knowledge, praying over the president. We’ve seen this sort of photo time and again when Trump hosts clerics in the Oval Office. It’s nothing new, not controversial, and hardly a surprise when he does it.
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On Sunday, October 25, Grob issued a “public apology” for participating in the event. The weak-in-the-knees bishop who could have doubled down and claimed that, regardless of the context, he was doing the Lord’s work, instead groveled to those who hate Trump more than they love God.
Paul specifically instructed believers to pray for government leaders. One need not be a history wonk to know that Roman government leaders, from provincial to every emperor, were hideously corrupt, financially and morally. And Paul did NOT mean, "Blast them, Lord," prayers.
If Archbishop Grob had a modicum of courage - and, IMO, to be blunt, cared about Scripture - his reply to howling critics should have been to the effect that he was simply obeying Scripture and had no reason for that to be kept secret. Just! Puh! Theh! Tick!
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