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"It's absolutely inappropriate for the president of the United States to be using a Catholic facility like the shrine for a photo op for his reelection," said Stephen Schneck, who was among some 2,000 demonstrators.
Joe Biden mounted one of his most aggressive attacks against President Donald Trump on June 2, deriding the commander in chief's disregard of core constitutional values and blistering him for being "more interested in power than in principle."
Distinctly Catholic: President Donald Trump went to the St. John Paul II National Shrine Tuesday for an international religious liberty event, the day after police used tear gas to disperse peaceful protesters from around St. John's Episcopal Church, so that Trump could hold a photo op.
