Exclusive: Famous Catholic bishops are among the audience of President Donald Trump’s joint speech to Congress, Fox News Digital learned.
Bishop Robert Barron, founder of Catholic Media Organization On Fire, is here for a speech Tuesday night as a guest on RW.VA’s Rep. Riley Moore.
Moore also invited Baron to attend Catholic Mass with lawmakers before his address.
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Bishop Robert Baron is the founder of Word on Fire. (Fox News Digital)
“Through Word on Fire, Bishop Baron helped countless souls discover, strengthen or return to the Catholic Church by proclaiming the gospel “through culture.” “His use of modern media is innovative and extremely effective,” Moore said in a statement first shared with Fox News Digital.
“I am honored to host him as a guest of President Trump’s joint speech to Congress and am equally excited to celebrate Mass for my colleagues and me before my speech.”
Baron called himself a “student of history” in his own statement shared with Fox News Digital, which accepts the invitation.
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Rep. Riley Moore invited the bishop to attend Trump’s speech to Congress. (Rep. Riley Moore’s office)
“I would like to express my sincere gratitude to his kind invitation to celebrate Catholic members of Congress and his kind invitation to attend Union’s speech as his guest,” Baron said.
Baron is bishop of Winona Rochester Parish in Minnesota. However, his name traveled further as a leader who used digital media to bring Catholic teaching to more people.
Trump gave his first speech to a joint Congress meeting Tuesday night, after returning to the White House for his second term.
President Donald Trump will speak to a joint Congress meeting on Tuesday. (Evan Vucci/AP)
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Senior Trump adviser Jason Miller previewed his speech on Sunday morning’s “Fox & Friends Weekend.”
Miller said Trump will discuss extending the 2017 tax cut. “Make sure we get to Mars,” he said it would reverse the artificial intelligence race with China and the high cost of living seen under previous democratic regimes.
“We need more money to keep it safe,” Miller continued, adding that Trump “we will ensure peace and stability around the world, but we must do it with respect and strength.”
Elizabeth Elkind is the main reporter of Fox News Digital’s reporting in the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen on Daily Mail and CBS News.
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