Archbishop Golka: Praying with President Trump does not mean political endorsement
October 24, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: Archbishop James Golka of Denver issued a statement on his meeting with President Donald Trump, during which he and other bishops prayed with the president.
“I understand that many people saw the video, posted by the Administration twelve days before an election, as an endorsement,” Archbishop Golka wrote on October 23, a day after the meeting with the president. “That was never my intention.”
Archbishop Golka added:
I’ve had a lot of people, really good friends, ask me, ‘What were you doing?’ ‘Why did you do that?’ I just answer, “I was being a Catholic priest.”The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.
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