By David Hood-Nuño and Julio-Cesar Chavez WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - A Trump administration-backed celebration of U.S. religious heritage on Sunday highlighted conservative Christian leaders' ties to the president as critics expressed the gathering did not reflect the country's diverse faith landscape.

Donald Trump's attempt to lead a 'National Jubilee of Prayer' on the National Mall relied on a recycled Bible video and drew only a thin, fluctuating crowd, despite being free to attend.

President Donald Trump skipped his own White House-backed event “rededicating” the nation to God to spend the day at his preferred place of worship: the golf course. As thousands flocked to the National Mall on Sunday for a Trump-backed rally highlighting “the Church’s role in history and civic life” in honor of America’s 250th,

President-elect Donald Trump attended a morning service at St. John’s Episcopal Church, held across the street from the White House and traditionally attended by presidents-elect before their inauguration. He entered at 8:46 a.m. and exited at 9:16 a.m. ET.

The pope’s latest symbolic rebuke to the president is appointing a Salvadoran who entered the country as an undocumented migrant as bishop