The Religion on Display at Trump’s D.C. Rally Was Not the Gospel of Jesus Christ
NCR portal reports: On May 17, 2026, the National Mall in Washington, D.C., hosted an event titled “Rededicate 2550: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving,” organized at the behest of President Donald Trump and attended by Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Robert Barron, among other religious figures. The event fused Christian symbolism with nationalist rhetoric, celebrating militarism, national dominance, and exclusionary policies while marginalizing the Gospel’s demands for justice, mercy, and humility. The NCR editorial condemns this as a distortion of the Christian faith into a tool of political power, complicit with the most corrupt administration in U.S. history. The participation of high-ranking prelates in such an event is not merely troubling—it is a scandal that reveals the depth of apostasy within the post-conciliar hierarchy.


