"And so it is what is, I guess, but it's very unfortunate," said Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob. "It's a very serious time."

When asked about the image, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York who is friendly with Trump, said "it wasn't good" and that he hoped Trump had nothing to do with it.

At least one U.S. bishop said President Donald Trump needs to apologize, and even his closest prelate in the church, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, said it was "not good."