Paula White-Cain, senior adviser to the White House Faith Office; Ben Carson, national adviser for nutrition, health, and housing at the Department of Agriculture (USDA); President Donald Trump; Dan Patrick, lieutenant governor of Texas; and Catholic Bishop Robert Barron in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2026. | Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg/CNP via Getty Images When the Founding Fathers began their work to unify the colonies, America’s religious landscape looked