WASHINGTON, DC – US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, visited the Pilgrimage Center in Washington, DC today, in the name of St. John Paul. Pictures of the two praying from their knees have already been released. Following his visit to the Pilgrimage Center, the President signed an order to protect religious freedom internationally. He also suggested that cooperation with organizations in other countries to ensure religious liberty would be a priority in the US’s foreign policy.
Meanwhile, Trump’s move to visit a pilgrimage center has come under controversy as protests are raging across the US following the death of black man George Floyd. Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory issued a statement criticizing the president’s visit.
His response was that St. John Paul II was a human rights advocate and that Trump’s visit to the Pilgrimage was offensive. Meanwhile, a Pilgrim Center spokesman said Trump visited the Pilgrimage in the name of Pope John Paul II on a pre-determined basis for signing the International Religious Freedom Order.
Trump’s signature to protect religious freedom, which Trump signed during the controversy, gives hope to believers. He also announced $ 50 million in aid for torture minorities in various countries. Trump called on the world at the United Nations General Assembly in September last year to end religious persecution. A White House official has revealed that the US president has now signed the Declaration of Religious Freedom as a follow-up to that speech.
