Wednesday's post-inauguration prayer service, a tradition dating to George Washington's inauguration, featured faith leaders from various religious traditions. Many were from progressive backgrounds.

In a historic celebration, Pope Leo XIV, the first United States-born pontiff in the nearly 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, made a pledge to work for unity during his inauguration mass ...

Background: ・On 12 May, Zelenskyy and Pope Leo XIV held their first telephone conversation. ・Pope Leo XIV called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine in his first Sunday blessing as pontiff.

Megachurch pastor Rick Warren and civil rights leader Rev. Joseph Lowery will deliver the invocation and benediction, respectively, at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration next month (Jan ...

Re "Invocation draws mixed reviews," Jan. 21 The Times says Rick Warren's inaugural invocation ... As a non-Christian, however, I was offended by his calling this blessing on the new president ...

In a tradition that has been in place since the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, ... Muslim and Buddhist backgrounds, offered prayers during the service, ...

The Rev. Luis Leon, who in 2005 became the first Latino to give an inaugural benediction, delivered his blessings and prayer on Monday at the 57th presidential inauguration in U.S. history.

Paula White, a popular Florida televangelist, will perform a blessing at this week’s inauguration. White affirms the “Hebrew roots” of the New Testament and has a penchant for Jewish-infused ...

The inauguration ceremony of President Joe Biden started with an invocation prayer delivered by Catholic priest Leo J. O'Donovan, Jesuit, a former Georgetown University President.

By noon the day after Barack Obama’s inauguration, Graywolf Press had accepted 176 preorders (the largest for 30 copies) for its chapbook edition of poet Elizabeth Alexander’s "Praise Song for ...