At U.S. presidential inaugurations, prayers often reflect national identity as much as faith. From New York Cardinal Timothy ...

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office, he didn't have his hand on the Bible. Does this matter and why do ...

Joan A. Peterson of Stoney Brook Township is co-president of the Northland Brady Chapter, a group volunteer leader for ...

Abraham Lincoln, perhaps the one man most people would ... In 1800, President John Adams wrote a letter to his wife in which he included a prayer: “I Pray Heaven To Bestow The Best Of Blessings ...

This coming Wednesday is Abraham Lincoln’s birth anniversary. In his Second Inaugural Address, as the President of a divided ...

The practice is prayer. Cardinal Dolan could have used ... still for just one second — and only if, in the words of Abraham Lincoln cited by Cardinal Dolan, we take a moment to discover ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the U.S. flag be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day. This is a blatant attempt to curry favor with President-elect Donald Trump. This craven act proves once again ...

How might Catholics engage secular culture with a view to diminishing the polarization and hostility that colors so much contemporary social discourse, especially on the heels of the presidential ...

Give us, we pray, the power to discern clearly right ... Those were the words of 16 th President Abraham Lincoln in 1861. America is indeed one nation under God, and our Inaugural ceremonies ...