Joe Biden’s family Bible anchors faith-infused inaugural events
RNS President-elect Joe Biden plans to be sworn in with his hefty family Bible when he becomes the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. It’s one of many ways religion will be a facet of the inaugural activities surrounding the country’s second Catholic president. “it’s just been a family heirloom on the Biden […]
In inaugural address, Biden will appeal to national unity
Washington DC, USAP President-elect Joe Biden will deliver an appeal to national unity when he is sworn in Wednesday and plans immediate moves to combat the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of President Donald Trump’s most controversial policies, his incoming chief of staff said Sunday. Biden intends a series of executive actions in his first […]
Inauguration week prayer event aims to show Christian unity
Washington DC, USAP As a politically divided nation prepares to inaugurate a new president in the wake of a violent insurrection at the US Capitol, a group of Christian leaders is hoping to ease tensions through prayer during three days of ecumenical, non-partisan programming. Using the slogan and social media tag #PeaceWithJustice, the effort aims […]
Updated: “It was a non-event”: US capitals see few protesters after bracing for violence
Updated: 12pm (AEDT)Harrisburg, Pennsylvania/Lansing, Michigan, US Reuters Law enforcement officers far outnumbered protesters at state capitol grounds on Sunday, as few Trump supporters who believe the President’s false claim that he won the 2020 election turned out for what authorities feared could be violent demonstrations. More than a dozen states activated National Guard troops to […]
US President-elect Biden taps Delaware AME pastor to offer benediction at inauguration
Washington DC, USRNS Rev Silvester S Beaman, pastor of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Delaware, a predominantly Black church, will deliver the benediction at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Beaman, who has known the Biden family for nearly 30 years, is considered a confidant of the president-elect, and collaborated with his […]
US President Donald Trump’s inauguration Bible heads to museum
RNS President Trump, left, takes the oath of office from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, right, with Mr Trump’s wife, Melania, and children Donald, Barron, Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany at his side during inauguration ceremonies at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on 20th January, 2017. PICTURE: Carlos Barria/Reuters One of the two Bibles Donald […]
In the US, President Trump sworn in amid protests and a large assortment of clergy
Donald J Trump placed his hand on two Bibles and took the oath of office in a swearing-in ceremony that featured prayers and pronouncements of God’s favor by the largest assortment of clergy in inaugural history.
Donald Trump to be sworn in on Lincoln, family Bibles
RNS/USA TODAY NETWORK When President-elect Donald Trump takes his oath of office on Inauguration Day, his hand will rest on his family Bible and the Abraham Lincoln Bible. Alex Stroman, the deputy director of communications for the 58th Inaugural Committee, confirmed the picks Tuesday. The Lincoln Bible, used during the 16th president’s first inauguration, was […]
ESSAY: WHY WASHINGTON’S NATIONAL CATHEDRAL SHOULD NOT BESTOW A BLESSING ON DONALD TRUMP
Rev GARY HALL, former dean of the Washington National Cathedral in the US, argues that the “balancing act” the cathedral has long performed in being both a practicing Christian church and a gathering place for American civic expression is no longer tenable…