Even Catholic archbishops don’t want Trump polluting their sites.

President Trump drew fresh criticism from religious leaders on Tuesday when he and first lady Melania Trump visited a shrine to Pope John Paul II in Washington, D.C.

The trip to to the Saint John Paul II National Shrine drew a sharp response from Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, who said, “I find it baffling and reprehensible that any Catholic facility would allow itself to be so egregiously misused and manipulated in a fashion that violates our religious principles.”

They do have some principles in common, like the subordination of women for instance.

The visit took place less than 24 hours after an Episcopal bishop said the president had used the Bible as a prop during a photo op outside the historic St. John’s Church.

Trump uses everything as a prop. He doesn’t value anything for itself, he values only what makes him look richer or more dominant or both. His wife is a prop, his children are props, the Oval Office is a prop, that desk that he keeps naming is a prop, Tony Fauci is a prop, Barr is a prop, generals are props, soldiers are props, the crowd is a prop, the helicopter is a prop, the Rose Garden is a prop. People who call him Sir are a prop. We’re a prop.

The Saint John Paul II National Shrine, which sits on the edge of the campus of Catholic University, was created by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic men’s fraternal group. It was designated a national shrine by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2014.

Why do the bishops get to designate a national shrine? For that matter what is a national shrine, and why do we have any? We don’t have a state religion, so why should we have national shrines? I certainly don’t see any pope as a national anything; the papacy is a monstrous institution.