Trump's National Prayer Event Draws Critics Over Speakers' Anti-Catholic and Anti-Islam Records

A taxpayer-funded, nine-hour National Jubilee of Prayer on the National Mall bills itself as apolitical but features 14 speakers—mostly evangelical Protestants—some who have disparaged Catholics and Muslims; remarks are set from officials including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and House Speaker Mike Johnson, prompting critics to argue it’s a government-backed Christian nationalist event that undermines church-state separation.